#B7972B#B7972B

#B7972B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.126 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7972B
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 76.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, 0.96, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 57.60, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0034 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.126 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0329, 32.3768, 6.8999)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7972B #2B4BB7

analogous

#B7512B #B7972B #91B72B

triadic

#B7972B #2BB797 #972BB7

tetradic

#B7972B #2BB751 #2B4BB7 #B72B91

square

#B7972B #2BB751 #2B4BB7 #B72B91

split-complementary

#B7972B #2B91B7 #512BB7

monochromatic

#544514 #856E1F #B7972B #D5B54B #E0C97C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B7972B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#B7972B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7972B

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7972B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7972B	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7972b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.126 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b56d',
    500: '#b7972b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7972b;
$custom-light: #d1b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7972b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68709,
    "c": 0.12625,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7972B

secondary

#7588C9

accent

#68E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7972B

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

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