#B3972C#B3972C

#B3972C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.125 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3972C
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 44)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 75.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, -0.78, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 56.72, 90.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0081 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.125 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1133, 31.9005, 6.9537)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3972C #2C48B3

analogous

#B3542C #B3972C #8BB32C

triadic

#B3972C #2CB397 #972CB3

tetradic

#B3972C #2CB354 #2C48B3 #B32C8B

square

#B3972C #2CB354 #2C48B3 #B32C8B

split-complementary

#B3972C #2C8BB3 #542CB3

monochromatic

#514414 #826E20 #B3972C #D2B64A #DFCA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B3972C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#B3972C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3972C

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3972C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3972C	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)

#A89419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3972c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.125 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb56d',
    500: '#b3972c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3972c;
$custom-light: #ceb56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3972c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68309,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3972C

secondary

#7485C7

accent

#65E444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3972C

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

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