#B7B438#B7B438

#B7B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.141 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7B438
RGB	rgb(183, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -13.74, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 61.92, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0437 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.141 108)
XYZ	xyz(36.5648, 42.9965, 10.1137)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7B438 #383BB7

analogous

#B77538 #B7B438 #7AB738

triadic

#B7B438 #38B7B4 #B438B7

tetradic

#B7B438 #38B775 #383BB7 #B7387A

square

#B7B438 #38B775 #383BB7 #B7387A

split-complementary

#B7B438 #387AB7 #7538B7

monochromatic

#59581B #88862A #B7B438 #CECB5E #DCDA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B7B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#B7B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7B438

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7B438	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.141 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca76',
    500: '#b7b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7b438;
$custom-light: #d0ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75004,
    "c": 0.14146,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.42995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7B438

secondary

#8486C7

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7B438

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

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