#B39E55#B39E55

#B39E55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.097 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39E55
RGB	rgb(179, 158, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 52.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, -1.85, 40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 40.65, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0062 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.097 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4581, 34.6947, 13.5796)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39E55 #556AB3

analogous

#B36F55 #B39E55 #99B355

triadic

#B39E55 #55B39E #9E55B3

tetradic

#B39E55 #55B36F #556AB3 #B35599

square

#B39E55 #55B36F #556AB3 #B35599

split-complementary

#B39E55 #5599B3 #6F55B3

monochromatic

#62562C #8C7B3F #B39E55 #C6B67F #D9CEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B39E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B39E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39E55

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39E55	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 158, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.097 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccba87',
    500: '#b39e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39e55;
$custom-light: #ccba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.596,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70209,
    "c": 0.09652,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39E55

secondary

#9DA6C7

accent

#74CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39E55

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

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