#B69938#B69938

#B69938 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.119 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B69938
RGB	rgb(182, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 69.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, 0.07, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 52.89, 89.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0044 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.119 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3981, 33.0149, 8.4593)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B69938 #3855B6

analogous

#B65A38 #B69938 #94B638

triadic

#B69938 #38B699 #9938B6

tetradic

#B69938 #38B65A #3855B6 #B63894

square

#B69938 #38B65A #3855B6 #B63894

split-complementary

#B69938 #3894B6 #5A38B6

monochromatic

#584A1B #87722A #B69938 #CDB45E #DCCA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B69938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B69938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B69938

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B69938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B69938	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b69938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.119 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb674',
    500: '#b69938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b69938;
$custom-light: #cfb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b69938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69125,
    "c": 0.11884,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B69938

secondary

#8493C6

accent

#6DDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B69938

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

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