#B38F23#B38F23

#B38F23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.125 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38F23
RGB	rgb(179, 143, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 80.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, 3.22, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 58.00, 86.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% 0.0024 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.125 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7180, 29.3519, 5.7427)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38F23 #2347B3

analogous

#B34723 #B38F23 #8FB323

triadic

#B38F23 #23B38F #8F23B3

tetradic

#B38F23 #23B347 #2347B3 #B3238F

square

#B38F23 #23B347 #2347B3 #B3238F

split-complementary

#B38F23 #238FB3 #4723B3

monochromatic

#4D3D0F #806619 #B38F23 #D9B13B #E3C56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B38F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#B38F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38F23

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38F23	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)

#A18E09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 143, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.125 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaf68',
    500: '#b38f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38f23;
$custom-light: #ceaf68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66581,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38F23

secondary

#6981C9

accent

#69EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38F23

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

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