#B7AA38#B7AA38

#B7AA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.132 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7AA38
RGB	rgb(183, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -8.56, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 58.29, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0291 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.132 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6184, 39.1037, 9.4649)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7AA38 #3845B7

analogous

#B76B38 #B7AA38 #85B738

triadic

#B7AA38 #38B7AA #AA38B7

tetradic

#B7AA38 #38B76B #3845B7 #B73885

square

#B7AA38 #38B76B #3845B7 #B73885

split-complementary

#B7AA38 #3885B7 #6B38B7

monochromatic

#59531B #887E2A #B7AA38 #CEC25E #DCD48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B7AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B7AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7AA38

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7AA38	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.132 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c375',
    500: '#b7aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7aa38;
$custom-light: #d0c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.858,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72833,
    "c": 0.13204,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7AA38

secondary

#848BC7

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7AA38

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

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