#B39E56#B39E56

#B39E56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.096 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39E56
RGB	rgb(179, 158, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -1.76, 40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 40.16, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0059 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.096 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4981, 34.7107, 13.7903)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39E56 #566BB3

analogous

#B37056 #B39E56 #99B356

triadic

#B39E56 #56B39E #9E56B3

tetradic

#B39E56 #56B370 #566BB3 #B35699

square

#B39E56 #56B370 #566BB3 #B35699

split-complementary

#B39E56 #5699B3 #7056B3

monochromatic

#62562C #8D7B3F #B39E56 #C6B680 #D9CEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B39E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B39E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39E56

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39E56	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	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)

#AB9B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 158, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.096 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccba87',
    500: '#b39e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39e56;
$custom-light: #ccba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70223,
    "c": 0.0955,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39E56

secondary

#9EA7C7

accent

#74CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39E56

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

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