#B89B42#B89B42

#B89B42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.113 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89B42
RGB	rgb(184, 155, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 0.47, 49.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 49.36, 89.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0022 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.113 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4735, 34.0282, 10.0108)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89B42 #425FB8

analogous

#B86042 #B89B42 #9AB842

triadic

#B89B42 #42B89B #9B42B8

tetradic

#B89B42 #42B860 #425FB8 #B8429A

square

#B89B42 #42B860 #425FB8 #B8429A

split-complementary

#B89B42 #429AB8 #6042B8

monochromatic

#5E4F22 #8B7532 #B89B42 #CBB36D #DBCB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B89B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B89B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89B42

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89B42	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 155, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.113 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b87a',
    500: '#b89b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89b42;
$custom-light: #d0b87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69839,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89B42

secondary

#8F9DC7

accent

#72D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89B42

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

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