#B89B40#B89B40

#B89B40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.114 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89B40
RGB	rgb(184, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, 0.34, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 50.26, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0028 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.114 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4155, 34.0050, 9.7057)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89B40 #405DB8

analogous

#B85F40 #B89B40 #99B840

triadic

#B89B40 #40B89B #9B40B8

tetradic

#B89B40 #40B85F #405DB8 #B84099

square

#B89B40 #40B85F #405DB8 #B84099

split-complementary

#B89B40 #4099B8 #5F40B8

monochromatic

#5D4E20 #8B7530 #B89B40 #CBB46A #DBCB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B89B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B89B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89B40

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89B40	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.114 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b879',
    500: '#b89b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89b40;
$custom-light: #d1b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69819,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89B40

secondary

#8D9BC7

accent

#71D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89B40

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

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