#B7A738#B7A738

#B7A738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.129 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A738
RGB	rgb(183, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -6.98, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 57.27, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0246 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.129 101)
XYZ	xyz(34.0625, 37.9917, 9.2795)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A738 #3848B7

analogous

#B76838 #B7A738 #88B738

triadic

#B7A738 #38B7A7 #A738B7

tetradic

#B7A738 #38B768 #3848B7 #B73888

square

#B7A738 #38B768 #3848B7 #B73888

split-complementary

#B7A738 #3888B7 #6838B7

monochromatic

#59511B #887C2A #B7A738 #CEC05E #DCD28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B7A738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B7A738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A738

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A738	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.129 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c075',
    500: '#b7a738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a738;
$custom-light: #d0c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72189,
    "c": 0.12943,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.3799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A738

secondary

#848CC7

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A738

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

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