#B4972E#B4972E

#B4972E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.124 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4972E
RGB	rgb(180, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, -0.24, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 56.10, 90.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0064 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.124 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3838, 32.0356, 7.1674)
Luminance	0.3203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4972E #2E4BB4

analogous

#B4542E #B4972E #8EB42E

triadic

#B4972E #2EB497 #972EB4

tetradic

#B4972E #2EB454 #2E4BB4 #B42E8E

square

#B4972E #2EB454 #2E4BB4 #B42E8E

split-complementary

#B4972E #2E8EB4 #542EB4

monochromatic

#534515 #836E22 #B4972E #D2B54E #DEC97E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B4972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#B4972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4972E

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4972E	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8941D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.124 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb56e',
    500: '#b4972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4972e;
$custom-light: #ceb56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68424,
    "c": 0.12391,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4972E

secondary

#7788C7

accent

#67E245

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4972E

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

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