#B39E39#B39E39

#B39E39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.121 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39E39
RGB	rgb(179, 158, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 68.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -3.89, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 53.60, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0155 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.121 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5573, 34.3344, 8.8351)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39E39 #394EB3

analogous

#B36139 #B39E39 #8BB339

triadic

#B39E39 #39B39E #9E39B3

tetradic

#B39E39 #39B361 #394EB3 #B3398B

square

#B39E39 #39B361 #394EB3 #B3398B

split-complementary

#B39E39 #398BB3 #6139B3

monochromatic

#564C1B #85752A #B39E39 #CCB95E #DACD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B39E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B39E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39E39

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39E39	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 158, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.121 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba75',
    500: '#b39e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39e39;
$custom-light: #cdba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 51.695,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69894,
    "c": 0.12123,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39E39

secondary

#838EC5

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39E39

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

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