#B39E41#B39E41

#B39E41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.115 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39E41
RGB	rgb(179, 158, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 63.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -3.40, 50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 50.13, 93.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0131 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.115 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7728, 34.4206, 9.9703)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39E41 #4156B3

analogous

#B36541 #B39E41 #8FB341

triadic

#B39E41 #41B39E #9E41B3

tetradic

#B39E41 #41B365 #4156B3 #B3418F

square

#B39E41 #41B365 #4156B3 #B3418F

split-complementary

#B39E41 #418FB3 #6541B3

monochromatic

#594F20 #867631 #B39E41 #C8B769 #D9CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B39E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B39E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39E41

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39E41	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)

#AD9B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 158, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.115 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba7a',
    500: '#b39e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39e41;
$custom-light: #cdba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69969,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39E41

secondary

#8B96C4

accent

#6AD651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39E41

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

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