#B39F1E#B39F1E

#B39F1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.138 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39F1E
RGB	rgb(179, 159, 30)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 83.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, -5.59, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 63.39, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.023 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.138 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2245, 34.4753, 6.2378)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39F1E #1E32B3

analogous

#B3541E #B39F1E #7CB31E

triadic

#B39F1E #1EB39F #9F1EB3

tetradic

#B39F1E #1EB354 #1E32B3 #B31E7C

square

#B39F1E #1EB354 #1E32B3 #B31E7C

split-complementary

#B39F1E #1E7CB3 #541EB3

monochromatic

#4A420C #7F7015 #B39F1E #DDC632 #E5D466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B39F1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B39F1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39F1E

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39F1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39F1E	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)

#AF9B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39f1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 159, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.138 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb68',
    500: '#b39f1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39f1e;
$custom-light: #cebb68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39f1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.946,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69931,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39F1E

secondary

#6270CB

accent

#52EE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39F1E

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

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