#B1972C#B1972C

#B1972C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.125 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1972C
RGB	rgb(177, 151, 44)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 75.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, -1.67, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 56.48, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0105 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.125 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6543, 31.6638, 6.9322)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1972C #2C46B1

analogous

#B1552C #B1972C #88B12C

triadic

#B1972C #2CB197 #972CB1

tetradic

#B1972C #2CB155 #2C46B1 #B12C88

square

#B1972C #2CB155 #2C46B1 #B12C88

split-complementary

#B1972C #2C88B1 #552CB1

monochromatic

#4F4314 #806D20 #B1972C #D2B749 #DECA7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#B1972C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#B1972C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1972C

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1972C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1972C	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	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)

#A79419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1972c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 151, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.125 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb56d',
    500: '#b1972c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1972c;
$custom-light: #ccb56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1972c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68108,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1972C

secondary

#7383C6

accent

#64E344

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1972C

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

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