#B4973E#B4973E

#B4973E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.113 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4973E
RGB	rgb(180, 151, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, 0.63, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 49.47, 89.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.002 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.113 91)
XYZ	xyz(30.7600, 32.1860, 9.1488)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4973E #3E5BB4

analogous

#B45C3E #B4973E #96B43E

triadic

#B4973E #3EB497 #973EB4

tetradic

#B4973E #3EB45C #3E5BB4 #B43E96

square

#B4973E #3EB45C #3E5BB4 #B43E96

split-complementary

#B4973E #3E96B4 #5C3EB4

monochromatic

#594B1F #86712E #B4973E #CAB165 #DAC893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B4973E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#B4973E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4973E

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4973E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4973E	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4973e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 151, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.113 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb577',
    500: '#b4973e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4973e;
$custom-light: #ceb577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4973e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68562,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.32184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4973E

secondary

#8998C5

accent

#71D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4973E

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

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