#B7AC38#B7AC38

#B7AC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.134 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7AC38
RGB	rgb(183, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -9.60, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 58.99, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.032 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.134 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9962, 39.8592, 9.5908)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7AC38 #3843B7

analogous

#B76D38 #B7AC38 #83B738

triadic

#B7AC38 #38B7AC #AC38B7

tetradic

#B7AC38 #38B76D #3843B7 #B73883

square

#B7AC38 #38B76D #3843B7 #B73883

split-complementary

#B7AC38 #3883B7 #6D38B7

monochromatic

#59541B #88802A #B7AC38 #CEC45E #DCD58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B7AC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B7AC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7AC38

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7AC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7AC38	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7ac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.134 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c476',
    500: '#b7ac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7ac38;
$custom-light: #d0c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7ac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73265,
    "c": 0.13384,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7AC38

secondary

#848AC7

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7AC38

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

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