#B89E38#B89E38
#B89E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.123 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B89E38 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(184, 158, 56) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 53%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 70%, 72%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 69.6%, 27.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.70, -1.75, 54.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.70, 54.54, 91.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.37% -0.0098 0.1221) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.37% 0.123 94.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.7095, 34.9314, 8.7602) |
| Luminance | 0.3493 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.83
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 4.07
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 4.11
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 4.66
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 4.90
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.15
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B89E38 #3852B8
analogous
#B85E38 #B89E38 #92B838
triadic
#B89E38 #38B89E #9E38B8
tetradic
#B89E38 #38B85E #3852B8 #B83892
square
#B89E38 #38B85E #3852B8 #B83892
split-complementary
#B89E38 #3892B8 #5E38B8
monochromatic
#5A4D1B #89762A #B89E38 #CEB85F #DDCD8E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.63
#B89E38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.99
#B89E38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B89E38
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B89E38 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B89E38 | 1.00 | 2.63 | 7.99 | 7.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9B2A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A33D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C79289
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b89e38; /* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 158, 56); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.123 94.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d1ba74',
500: '#b89e38',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b89e38; $custom-light: #d1ba74; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b89e38",
"rgb": {
"r": 184,
"g": 158,
"b": 56
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.813,
"s": 53.333,
"l": 47.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70373,
"c": 0.12252,
"h": 94.6
},
"luminance": 0.3493
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B89E38
secondary
#8592C7
accent
#69DD4B
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF6ED
border
#D3D0C8
text
#141109
muted
#83807B