#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
RGB	rgb(179, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -3.33, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 49.68, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0128 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.114 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8020, 34.4323, 10.1242)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##B39E42	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #B39E42

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

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