#B89937#B89937

#B89937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.120 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89937
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 0.90, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 53.58, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0023 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.12 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8497, 33.2505, 8.3541)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89937 #3756B8

analogous

#B85837 #B89937 #97B837

triadic

#B89937 #37B899 #9937B8

tetradic

#B89937 #37B858 #3756B8 #B83797

square

#B89937 #37B858 #3756B8 #B83797

split-complementary

#B89937 #3797B8 #5837B8

monochromatic

#5A4B1B #897229 #B89937 #CFB45D #DDCA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B89937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B89937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89937

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89937	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.120 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b673',
    500: '#b89937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89937;
$custom-light: #d1b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.581,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69319,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89937

secondary

#8494C7

accent

#6EDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89937

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

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