#B7B238#B7B238

#B7B238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.140 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7B238
RGB	rgb(183, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -12.71, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 61.17, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0408 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.14 107)
XYZ	xyz(36.1640, 42.1948, 9.9801)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7B238 #383DB7

analogous

#B77338 #B7B238 #7DB738

triadic

#B7B238 #38B7B2 #B238B7

tetradic

#B7B238 #38B773 #383DB7 #B7387D

square

#B7B238 #38B773 #383DB7 #B7387D

split-complementary

#B7B238 #387DB7 #7338B7

monochromatic

#59571B #88842A #B7B238 #CEC95E #DCD98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B7B238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#B7B238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7B238

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7B238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7B238	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7b238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.140 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c876',
    500: '#b7b238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7b238;
$custom-light: #d0c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7b238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.638,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74568,
    "c": 0.13951,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.42194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7B238

secondary

#8487C7

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7B238

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

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