#B39E37#B39E37

#B39E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.123 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39E37
RGB	rgb(179, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -4.01, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 54.43, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.016 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.123 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5083, 34.3148, 8.5775)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39E37 #374CB3

analogous

#B36037 #B39E37 #8AB337

triadic

#B39E37 #37B39E #9E37B3

tetradic

#B39E37 #37B360 #374CB3 #B3378A

square

#B39E37 #37B360 #374CB3 #B3378A

split-complementary

#B39E37 #378AB3 #6037B3

monochromatic

#554B1A #847529 #B39E37 #CDB95B #DBCD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B39E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B39E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39E37

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39E37	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.123 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba74',
    500: '#b39e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39e37;
$custom-light: #cdba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69877,
    "c": 0.12269,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39E37

secondary

#818CC5

accent

#64DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39E37

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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