#B5972B#B5972B

#B5972B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.126 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5972B
RGB	rgb(181, 151, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, 0.07, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 57.34, 89.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0059 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.126 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5604, 32.1332, 6.8777)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5972B #2B49B5

analogous

#B5522B #B5972B #8EB52B

triadic

#B5972B #2BB597 #972BB5

tetradic

#B5972B #2BB552 #2B49B5 #B52B8E

square

#B5972B #2BB552 #2B49B5 #B52B8E

split-complementary

#B5972B #2B8EB5 #522BB5

monochromatic

#524414 #846E1F #B5972B #D4B649 #E0CA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B5972B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#B5972B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5972B

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5972B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5972B	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5972b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 151, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.126 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb56d',
    500: '#b5972b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5972b;
$custom-light: #cfb56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5972b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68505,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5972B

secondary

#7486C8

accent

#66E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5972B

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

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