#B39E38#B39E38

#B39E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.122 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39E38
RGB	rgb(179, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -3.95, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 54.02, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0158 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.122 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5326, 34.3245, 8.7050)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39E38 #384DB3

analogous

#B36038 #B39E38 #8AB338

triadic

#B39E38 #38B39E #9E38B3

tetradic

#B39E38 #38B360 #384DB3 #B3388A

square

#B39E38 #38B360 #384DB3 #B3388A

split-complementary

#B39E38 #388AB3 #6038B3

monochromatic

#564C1B #847529 #B39E38 #CCB95C #DBCD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B39E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B39E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39E38

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39E38	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)

#AD9A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.122 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba74',
    500: '#b39e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39e38;
$custom-light: #cdba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69885,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39E38

secondary

#828DC5

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39E38

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

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