#B89A38#B89A38

#B89A38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.120 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89A38
RGB	rgb(184, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, 0.41, 53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 53.43, 89.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0036 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.12 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0383, 33.5889, 8.5364)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89A38 #3856B8

analogous

#B85A38 #B89A38 #96B838

triadic

#B89A38 #38B89A #9A38B8

tetradic

#B89A38 #38B85A #3856B8 #B83896

square

#B89A38 #38B85A #3856B8 #B83896

split-complementary

#B89A38 #3896B8 #5A38B8

monochromatic

#5A4B1B #89732A #B89A38 #CEB45F #DDCA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B89A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B89A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89A38

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89A38	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.120 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b774',
    500: '#b89a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89a38;
$custom-light: #d1b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69536,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89A38

secondary

#8594C7

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89A38

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

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