#B89B38#B89B38

#B89B38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.121 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89B38
RGB	rgb(184, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -0.13, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 53.70, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0051 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.121 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2040, 33.9204, 8.5917)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89B38 #3855B8

analogous

#B85B38 #B89B38 #95B838

triadic

#B89B38 #38B89B #9B38B8

tetradic

#B89B38 #38B85B #3855B8 #B83895

square

#B89B38 #38B85B #3855B8 #B83895

split-complementary

#B89B38 #3895B8 #5B38B8

monochromatic

#5A4C1B #89732A #B89B38 #CEB55F #DDCB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B89B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B89B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89B38

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89B38	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.121 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b874',
    500: '#b89b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89b38;
$custom-light: #d1b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69744,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89B38

secondary

#8594C7

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89B38

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

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