#B39F40#B39F40

#B39F40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.117 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39F40
RGB	rgb(179, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -4.00, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 50.91, 94.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.015 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.117 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9153, 34.7516, 9.8761)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39F40 #4054B3

analogous

#B36540 #B39F40 #8EB340

triadic

#B39F40 #40B39F #9F40B3

tetradic

#B39F40 #40B365 #4054B3 #B3408E

square

#B39F40 #40B365 #4054B3 #B3408E

split-complementary

#B39F40 #408EB3 #6540B3

monochromatic

#594F20 #867730 #B39F40 #C9B867 #D9CD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B39F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B39F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39F40

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39F40	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.117 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb79',
    500: '#b39f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39f40;
$custom-light: #cdbb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70172,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39F40

secondary

#8A94C4

accent

#68D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39F40

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

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