#B5972C#B5972C

#B5972C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.125 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B5972C
RGBrgb(181, 151, 44)
HSLhsl(47, 61%, 44%)
HSVhsv(47, 76%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.6%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(63.46, 0.11, 56.97)
CIE-LCHlch(63.46, 56.97, 89.89°)
OKLaboklab(68.51% -0.0056 0.1252)
OKLCHoklch(68.51% 0.125 92.6)
XYZxyz(30.5790, 32.1406, 6.9755)
Luminance0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B5972C #2C4AB5
analogous
#B5522C #B5972C #8FB52C
triadic
#B5972C #2CB597 #972CB5
tetradic
#B5972C #2CB552 #2C4AB5 #B52C8F
square
#B5972C #2CB552 #2C4AB5 #B52C8F
split-complementary
#B5972C #2C8FB5 #522CB5
monochromatic
#534514 #846E20 #B5972C #D3B54B #DFCA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83
#B5972C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43
#B5972C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5972C
7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B5972C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B5972C1.002.837.437.43
#FFFFFF2.831.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4321.001.001.00
##0000007.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A89519
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9D32
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C48A82
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b5972c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 151, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.125 92.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb56d',
    500: '#b5972c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b5972c;
$custom-light: #cfb56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b5972c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.861,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68512,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B5972C
secondary
#7587C8
accent
#67E444
background
#FDFBF6
surface
#FAF6EC
border
#D3D0C7
text
#141107
muted
#83807A

Preview Lab

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#B5972C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva