#B38F1D#B38F1D

#B38F1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.128 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38F1D
RGB	rgb(179, 143, 29)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 83.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, 3.03, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 59.86, 87.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0013 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.128 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6364, 29.3193, 5.3131)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38F1D #1D41B3

analogous

#B3441D #B38F1D #8CB31D

triadic

#B38F1D #1DB38F #8F1DB3

tetradic

#B38F1D #1DB344 #1D41B3 #B31D8C

square

#B38F1D #1DB344 #1D41B3 #B31D8C

split-complementary

#B38F1D #1D8CB3 #441DB3

monochromatic

#4A3B0C #7E6514 #B38F1D #DDB430 #E6C764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B38F1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#B38F1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38F1D

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38F1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38F1D	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38f1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 143, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.128 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfaf65',
    500: '#b38f1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38f1d;
$custom-light: #cfaf65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38f1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66549,
    "c": 0.12813,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38F1D

secondary

#617ACB

accent

#65EF39

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38F1D

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

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