#B4972B#B4972B

#B4972B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.126 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4972B
RGB	rgb(180, 151, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, -0.38, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 57.21, 90.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.0071 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.126 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3267, 32.0127, 6.8668)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4972B #2B48B4

analogous

#B4522B #B4972B #8CB42B

triadic

#B4972B #2BB497 #972BB4

tetradic

#B4972B #2BB452 #2B48B4 #B42B8C

square

#B4972B #2BB452 #2B48B4 #B42B8C

split-complementary

#B4972B #2B8CB4 #522BB4

monochromatic

#514413 #836E1F #B4972B #D3B649 #DFCA7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B4972B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#B4972B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4972B

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4972B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4972B	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4972b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 151, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.126 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb56d',
    500: '#b4972b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4972b;
$custom-light: #cfb56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4972b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68403,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4972B

secondary

#7385C7

accent

#65E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4972B

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

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