#B39E53#B39E53

#B39E53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.099 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39E53
RGB	rgb(179, 158, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 53.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -2.03, 41.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 41.64, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.007 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.099 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3798, 34.6634, 13.1671)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39E53 #5368B3

analogous

#B36E53 #B39E53 #98B353

triadic

#B39E53 #53B39E #9E53B3

tetradic

#B39E53 #53B36E #5368B3 #B35398

square

#B39E53 #53B36E #5368B3 #B35398

split-complementary

#B39E53 #5398B3 #6E53B3

monochromatic

#61552B #8B7A3E #B39E53 #C6B67D #D9CEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B39E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B39E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39E53

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39E53	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 158, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.099 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccba85',
    500: '#b39e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39e53;
$custom-light: #ccba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70181,
    "c": 0.09853,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39E53

secondary

#9CA5C6

accent

#73CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39E53

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

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