#B39E40#B39E40

#B39E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.116 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39E40
RGB	rgb(179, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -3.46, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 50.58, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0134 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.116 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7441, 34.4091, 9.8190)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39E40 #4055B3

analogous

#B36440 #B39E40 #8FB340

triadic

#B39E40 #40B39E #9E40B3

tetradic

#B39E40 #40B364 #4055B3 #B3408F

square

#B39E40 #40B364 #4055B3 #B3408F

split-complementary

#B39E40 #408FB3 #6440B3

monochromatic

#594E20 #867630 #B39E40 #C9B767 #D9CC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B39E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B39E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39E40

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39E40	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.116 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba79',
    500: '#b39e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39e40;
$custom-light: #cdba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.043,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69959,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39E40

secondary

#8A95C4

accent

#69D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39E40

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

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