#B39F31#B39F31

#B39F31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.128 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39F31
RGB	rgb(179, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -4.85, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 57.12, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0191 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.128 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5444, 34.6033, 7.9227)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39F31 #3145B3

analogous

#B35E31 #B39F31 #86B331

triadic

#B39F31 #31B39F #9F31B3

tetradic

#B39F31 #31B35E #3145B3 #B33186

square

#B39F31 #31B35E #3145B3 #B33186

split-complementary

#B39F31 #3186B3 #5E31B3

monochromatic

#534A17 #837424 #B39F31 #D0BC52 #DDCF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B39F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B39F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39F31

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39F31	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.128 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb70',
    500: '#b39f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39f31;
$custom-light: #cdbb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70043,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39F31

secondary

#7A86C6

accent

#5FE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39F31

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

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