#B38F20#B38F20

#B38F20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.127 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38F20
RGB	rgb(179, 143, 32)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, 3.12, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 58.96, 86.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% 0.0019 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.127 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6754, 29.3348, 5.5181)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38F20 #2044B3

analogous

#B34620 #B38F20 #8EB320

triadic

#B38F20 #20B38F #8F20B3

tetradic

#B38F20 #20B346 #2044B3 #B3208E

square

#B38F20 #20B346 #2044B3 #B3208E

split-complementary

#B38F20 #208EB3 #4620B3

monochromatic

#4B3C0D #7F6617 #B38F20 #DBB235 #E4C669

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B38F20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#B38F20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38F20

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38F20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38F20	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38f20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 143, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.127 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaf66',
    500: '#b38f20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38f20;
$custom-light: #ceaf66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38f20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66564,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38F20

secondary

#657ECA

accent

#67EC3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38F20

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

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