#B7A538#B7A538

#B7A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.128 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A538
RGB	rgb(183, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -5.92, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 56.60, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0216 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.128 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6989, 37.2646, 9.1584)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A538 #384AB7

analogous

#B76638 #B7A538 #8AB738

triadic

#B7A538 #38B7A5 #A538B7

tetradic

#B7A538 #38B766 #384AB7 #B7388A

square

#B7A538 #38B766 #384AB7 #B7388A

split-complementary

#B7A538 #388AB7 #6638B7

monochromatic

#59501B #887B2A #B7A538 #CEBE5E #DCD18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B7A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B7A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A538

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A538	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.128 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bf75',
    500: '#b7a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a538;
$custom-light: #d0bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71761,
    "c": 0.12776,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A538

secondary

#848EC7

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A538

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

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