#B89C38#B89C38

#B89C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.121 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89C38
RGB	rgb(184, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -0.67, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 53.97, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0067 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.121 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3711, 34.2546, 8.6474)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89C38 #3854B8

analogous

#B85C38 #B89C38 #94B838

triadic

#B89C38 #38B89C #9C38B8

tetradic

#B89C38 #38B85C #3854B8 #B83894

square

#B89C38 #38B85C #3854B8 #B83894

split-complementary

#B89C38 #3894B8 #5C38B8

monochromatic

#5A4C1B #89742A #B89C38 #CEB65F #DDCB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B89C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B89C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89C38

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89C38	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.121 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b874',
    500: '#b89c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89c38;
$custom-light: #d1b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69954,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89C38

secondary

#8593C7

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89C38

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

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