#B6972B#B6972B

#B6972B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.126 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6972B
RGB	rgb(182, 151, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 76.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, 0.52, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 57.47, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0046 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.126 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7958, 32.2546, 6.8887)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6972B #2B4AB6

analogous

#B6522B #B6972B #90B62B

triadic

#B6972B #2BB697 #972BB6

tetradic

#B6972B #2BB652 #2B4AB6 #B62B90

square

#B6972B #2BB652 #2B4AB6 #B62B90

split-complementary

#B6972B #2B90B6 #522BB6

monochromatic

#534514 #846E1F #B6972B #D4B54A #E0CA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B6972B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#B6972B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6972B

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6972B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6972B	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6972b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 151, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.126 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b56d',
    500: '#b6972b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6972b;
$custom-light: #d0b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6972b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68607,
    "c": 0.12606,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6972B

secondary

#7587C8

accent

#67E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6972B

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

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