#B39F38#B39F38

#B39F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.123 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39F38
RGB	rgb(179, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -4.49, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 54.34, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0173 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.123 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7038, 34.6670, 8.7621)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39F38 #384CB3

analogous

#B36138 #B39F38 #89B338

triadic

#B39F38 #38B39F #9F38B3

tetradic

#B39F38 #38B361 #384CB3 #B33889

square

#B39F38 #38B361 #384CB3 #B33889

split-complementary

#B39F38 #3889B3 #6138B3

monochromatic

#564C1B #847629 #B39F38 #CCBA5C #DBCE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B39F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B39F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39F38

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39F38	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)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.123 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb74',
    500: '#b39f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39f38;
$custom-light: #cdbb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70098,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39F38

secondary

#828DC5

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39F38

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

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