#B7B738#B7B738

#B7B738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.144 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7B738
RGB	rgb(183, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -15.27, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 63.07, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.048 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.144 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1770, 44.2209, 10.3177)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7B738 #3838B7

analogous

#B77838 #B7B738 #78B738

triadic

#B7B738 #38B7B7 #B738B7

tetradic

#B7B738 #38B778 #3838B7 #B73878

square

#B7B738 #38B778 #3838B7 #B73878

split-complementary

#B7B738 #3878B7 #7838B7

monochromatic

#59591B #88882A #B7B738 #CECE5E #DCDC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B7B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#B7B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7B738

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7B738	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.144 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cc77',
    500: '#b7b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7b738;
$custom-light: #d0cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75661,
    "c": 0.14447,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7B738

secondary

#8484C7

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7B738

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

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