#B1972A#B1972A

#B1972A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.126 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1972A
RGB	rgb(177, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, -1.76, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 57.21, 91.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.011 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.126 95)
XYZ	xyz(29.6176, 31.6492, 6.7389)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1972A #2A44B1

analogous

#B1532A #B1972A #88B12A

triadic

#B1972A #2AB197 #972AB1

tetradic

#B1972A #2AB153 #2A44B1 #B12A88

square

#B1972A #2AB153 #2A44B1 #B12A88

split-complementary

#B1972A #2A88B1 #532AB1

monochromatic

#4E4313 #806D1E #B1972A #D3B845 #DFCB77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B1972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#B1972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1972A

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1972A	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.126 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb56c',
    500: '#b1972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1972a;
$custom-light: #ccb56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68094,
    "c": 0.12587,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.31647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1972A

secondary

#7081C6

accent

#62E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1972A

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

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