#B89C40#B89C40

#B89C40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.115 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89C40
RGB	rgb(184, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -0.20, 50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 50.54, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0043 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.115 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5826, 34.3392, 9.7614)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89C40 #405CB8

analogous

#B86040 #B89C40 #98B840

triadic

#B89C40 #40B89C #9C40B8

tetradic

#B89C40 #40B860 #405CB8 #B84098

square

#B89C40 #40B860 #405CB8 #B84098

split-complementary

#B89C40 #4098B8 #6040B8

monochromatic

#5D4F20 #8B7630 #B89C40 #CBB56A #DBCB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B89C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B89C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89C40

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89C40	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.115 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b879',
    500: '#b89c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89c40;
$custom-light: #d1b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70028,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89C40

secondary

#8D9BC7

accent

#70D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89C40

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

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