#B38F21#B38F21

#B38F21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.126 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38F21
RGB	rgb(179, 143, 33)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, 3.15, 58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 58.65, 86.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.002 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.126 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6892, 29.3404, 5.5907)
Luminance	0.2934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38F21 #2145B3

analogous

#B34621 #B38F21 #8EB321

triadic

#B38F21 #21B38F #8F21B3

tetradic

#B38F21 #21B346 #2145B3 #B3218E

square

#B38F21 #21B346 #2145B3 #B3218E

split-complementary

#B38F21 #218EB3 #4621B3

monochromatic

#4C3C0E #7F6617 #B38F21 #DAB237 #E4C66B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B38F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#B38F21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38F21

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38F21	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)

#A18E03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 143, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.126 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaf67',
    500: '#b38f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38f21;
$custom-light: #ceaf67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6657,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38F21

secondary

#667FCA

accent

#67EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38F21

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

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