#B3972A#B3972A

#B3972A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.126 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3972A
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -0.87, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 57.45, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.0085 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.126 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0766, 31.8858, 6.7604)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3972A #2A46B3

analogous

#B3522A #B3972A #8AB32A

triadic

#B3972A #2AB397 #972AB3

tetradic

#B3972A #2AB352 #2A46B3 #B32A8A

square

#B3972A #2AB352 #2A46B3 #B32A8A

split-complementary

#B3972A #2A8AB3 #522AB3

monochromatic

#504313 #816D1E #B3972A #D4B746 #DFCA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B3972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#B3972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3972A

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3972A	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.126 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb56c',
    500: '#b3972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3972a;
$custom-light: #ceb56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.737,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68295,
    "c": 0.12613,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3972A

secondary

#7283C7

accent

#64E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3972A

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

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