#B3972D#B3972D

#B3972D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.124 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3972D
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 74.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -0.74, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 56.35, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.0078 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.124 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1323, 31.9081, 7.0539)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3972D #2D49B3

analogous

#B3542D #B3972D #8CB32D

triadic

#B3972D #2DB397 #972DB3

tetradic

#B3972D #2DB354 #2D49B3 #B32D8C

square

#B3972D #2DB354 #2D49B3 #B32D8C

split-complementary

#B3972D #2D8CB3 #542DB3

monochromatic

#514414 #826E21 #B3972D #D2B64B #DECA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B3972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#B3972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3972D

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3972D	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)

#A8941B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.124 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb56e',
    500: '#b3972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3972d;
$custom-light: #ceb56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68316,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3972D

secondary

#7586C7

accent

#66E345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3972D

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

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