#B3972E#B3972E

#B3972E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.124 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3972E
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -0.69, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 55.97, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.0076 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.124 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1518, 31.9159, 7.1565)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3972E #2E4AB3

analogous

#B3542E #B3972E #8DB32E

triadic

#B3972E #2EB397 #972EB3

tetradic

#B3972E #2EB354 #2E4AB3 #B32E8D

square

#B3972E #2EB354 #2E4AB3 #B32E8D

split-complementary

#B3972E #2E8DB3 #542EB3

monochromatic

#524515 #826E21 #B3972E #D1B54D #DECA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B3972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#B3972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3972E

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3972E	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	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)

#A7941D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.124 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb56e',
    500: '#b3972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3972e;
$custom-light: #ceb56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68323,
    "c": 0.12374,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3972E

secondary

#7687C6

accent

#67E246

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3972E

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

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