#B69940#B69940

#B69940 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.113 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B69940
RGB	rgb(182, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 64.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, 0.55, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 49.42, 89.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0021 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.113 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6096, 33.0995, 9.5734)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B69940 #405DB6

analogous

#B65E40 #B69940 #98B640

triadic

#B69940 #40B699 #9940B6

tetradic

#B69940 #40B65E #405DB6 #B64098

square

#B69940 #40B65E #405DB6 #B64098

split-complementary

#B69940 #4098B6 #5E40B6

monochromatic

#5B4D20 #897330 #B69940 #CAB269 #DAC996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B69940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#B69940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B69940

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B69940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B69940	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b69940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.113 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb679',
    500: '#b69940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b69940;
$custom-light: #cfb679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b69940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69201,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B69940

secondary

#8C9AC6

accent

#71D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B69940

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

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