#B1972D#B1972D

#B1972D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.124 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1972D
RGB	rgb(177, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 74.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -1.63, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 56.11, 91.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.0103 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.124 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6733, 31.6715, 7.0324)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1972D #2D47B1

analogous

#B1552D #B1972D #89B12D

triadic

#B1972D #2DB197 #972DB1

tetradic

#B1972D #2DB155 #2D47B1 #B12D89

square

#B1972D #2DB155 #2D47B1 #B12D89

split-complementary

#B1972D #2D89B1 #552DB1

monochromatic

#4F4414 #806D21 #B1972D #D1B64A #DDCA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#B1972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#B1972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1972D

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1972D	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)

#A7941B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.124 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb56e',
    500: '#b1972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1972d;
$custom-light: #ccb56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68115,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1972D

secondary

#7484C6

accent

#64E345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1972D

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

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