#B4971C#B4971C

#B4971C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.133 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4971C
RGB	rgb(180, 151, 28)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 84.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -0.91, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 61.99, 90.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.01 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.133 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1004, 31.9222, 5.6746)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4971C #1C39B4

analogous

#B44B1C #B4971C #85B41C

triadic

#B4971C #1CB497 #971CB4

tetradic

#B4971C #1CB44B #1C39B4 #B41C85

square

#B4971C #1CB44B #1C39B4 #B41C85

split-complementary

#B4971C #1C85B4 #4B1CB4

monochromatic

#4A3E0C #7F6B14 #B4971C #DFBD2F #E7CE64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B4971C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#B4971C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4971C

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4971C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4971C	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)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4971c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 151, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.133 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb566',
    500: '#b4971c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4971c;
$custom-light: #cfb566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4971c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.553,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6832,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4971C

secondary

#6075CC

accent

#5BF038

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4971C

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

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