#B89D40#B89D40

#B89D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.116 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89D40
RGB	rgb(184, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -0.74, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 50.83, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0059 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.116 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7511, 34.6762, 9.8176)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89D40 #405BB8

analogous

#B86140 #B89D40 #97B840

triadic

#B89D40 #40B89D #9D40B8

tetradic

#B89D40 #40B861 #405BB8 #B84097

square

#B89D40 #40B861 #405BB8 #B84097

split-complementary

#B89D40 #4097B8 #6140B8

monochromatic

#5D5020 #8B7630 #B89D40 #CBB56A #DBCC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B89D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B89D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89D40

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89D40	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.116 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b979',
    500: '#b89d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89d40;
$custom-light: #d1b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70237,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89D40

secondary

#8D9AC7

accent

#6ED850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89D40

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

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