#B39E42#B39E42

#B39E42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B39E42
RGBrgb(179, 158, 66)
HSLhsl(49, 46%, 48%)
HSVhsv(49, 63%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.7%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(65.30, -3.33, 49.57)
CIE-LCHlch(65.30, 49.68, 93.85°)
OKLaboklab(69.98% -0.0128 0.1134)
OKLCHoklch(69.98% 0.114 96.4)
XYZxyz(31.8020, 34.4323, 10.1242)
Luminance0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B39E42 #4257B3
analogous
#B36642 #B39E42 #8FB342
triadic
#B39E42 #42B39E #9E42B3
tetradic
#B39E42 #42B366 #4257B3 #B3428F
square
#B39E42 #42B366 #4257B3 #B3428F
split-complementary
#B39E42 #428FB3 #6642B3
monochromatic
#5A4F21 #867732 #B39E42 #C8B76A #D9CC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66
#B39E42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89
#B39E42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39E42
7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B39E42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B39E421.002.667.897.89
#FFFFFF2.661.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8921.001.001.00
##0000007.8921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD9B38
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A147
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C0938A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b39e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 96.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba7a',
    500: '#b39e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b39e42;
$custom-light: #cdba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b39e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69979,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B39E42
secondary
#8C97C4
accent
#6BD652
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6EE
border
#D2D0C9
text
#141109
muted
#82807B

Preview Lab

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#B39E42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva