#B69C38#B69C38

#B69C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.121 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B69C38
RGB	rgb(182, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 69.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -1.55, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 53.73, 91.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0091 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.121 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8953, 34.0093, 8.6251)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B69C38 #3852B6

analogous

#B65D38 #B69C38 #91B638

triadic

#B69C38 #38B69C #9C38B6

tetradic

#B69C38 #38B65D #3852B6 #B63891

square

#B69C38 #38B65D #3852B6 #B63891

split-complementary

#B69C38 #3891B6 #5D38B6

monochromatic

#584C1B #87742A #B69C38 #CDB65E #DCCB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B69C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B69C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B69C38

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B69C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B69C38	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b69c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.121 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb874',
    500: '#b69c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b69c38;
$custom-light: #cfb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b69c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69755,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B69C38

secondary

#8491C6

accent

#69DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B69C38

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

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