#B89938#B89938

#B89938 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.119 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89938
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, 0.95, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 53.16, 88.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.002 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.119 91)
XYZ	xyz(31.8739, 33.2602, 8.4816)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89938 #3857B8

analogous

#B85938 #B89938 #97B838

triadic

#B89938 #38B899 #9938B8

tetradic

#B89938 #38B859 #3857B8 #B83897

square

#B89938 #38B859 #3857B8 #B83897

split-complementary

#B89938 #3897B8 #5938B8

monochromatic

#5A4B1B #89722A #B89938 #CEB35F #DDC98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B89938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B89938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89938

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89938	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.119 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b674',
    500: '#b89938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89938;
$custom-light: #d1b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69328,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.33258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89938

secondary

#8595C7

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89938

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

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