#B89F38#B89F38

#B89F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.123 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89F38
RGB	rgb(184, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -2.28, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 54.83, 92.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0113 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.123 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8807, 35.2739, 8.8172)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89F38 #3851B8

analogous

#B85F38 #B89F38 #91B838

triadic

#B89F38 #38B89F #9F38B8

tetradic

#B89F38 #38B85F #3851B8 #B83891

square

#B89F38 #38B85F #3851B8 #B83891

split-complementary

#B89F38 #3891B8 #5F38B8

monochromatic

#5A4E1B #89762A #B89F38 #CEB95F #DDCD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B89F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#B89F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89F38

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89F38	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.123 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb74',
    500: '#b89f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89f38;
$custom-light: #d1bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70584,
    "c": 0.12322,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89F38

secondary

#8592C7

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89F38

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

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