#B38F22#B38F22

#B38F22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.126 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38F22
RGB	rgb(179, 143, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, 3.19, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 58.33, 86.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.0022 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.126 89)
XYZ	xyz(28.7034, 29.3461, 5.6656)
Luminance	0.2934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38F22 #2246B3

analogous

#B34622 #B38F22 #8FB322

triadic

#B38F22 #22B38F #8F22B3

tetradic

#B38F22 #22B346 #2246B3 #B3228F

square

#B38F22 #22B346 #2246B3 #B3228F

split-complementary

#B38F22 #228FB3 #4622B3

monochromatic

#4C3D0E #806618 #B38F22 #D9B239 #E3C66C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B38F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#B38F22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38F22

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38F22	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)

#A18E06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 143, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.126 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaf67',
    500: '#b38f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38f22;
$custom-light: #ceaf67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66575,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.29344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38F22

secondary

#6880C9

accent

#68EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38F22

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

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