#B7B538#B7B538

#B7B538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.142 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7B538
RGB	rgb(183, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -14.25, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 62.30, 103.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0451 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.142 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7674, 43.4017, 10.1812)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7B538 #383AB7

analogous

#B77638 #B7B538 #7AB738

triadic

#B7B538 #38B7B5 #B538B7

tetradic

#B7B538 #38B776 #383AB7 #B7387A

square

#B7B538 #38B776 #383AB7 #B7387A

split-complementary

#B7B538 #387AB7 #7638B7

monochromatic

#59581B #88872A #B7B538 #CECC5E #DCDB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B7B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#B7B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7B538

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7B538	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.142 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca76',
    500: '#b7b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7b538;
$custom-light: #d0ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75223,
    "c": 0.14246,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7B538

secondary

#8485C7

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7B538

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

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