#B7A438#B7A438

#B7A438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A438
RGB	rgb(183, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -5.39, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 56.28, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0201 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5192, 36.9053, 9.0985)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A438 #384BB7

analogous

#B76538 #B7A438 #8AB738

triadic

#B7A438 #38B7A4 #A438B7

tetradic

#B7A438 #38B765 #384BB7 #B7388A

square

#B7A438 #38B765 #384BB7 #B7388A

split-complementary

#B7A438 #388AB7 #6538B7

monochromatic

#59501B #887A2A #B7A438 #CEBD5E #DCD08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B7A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B7A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A438

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A438	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be75',
    500: '#b7a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a438;
$custom-light: #d0be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71547,
    "c": 0.12695,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A438

secondary

#848EC7

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A438

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

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