#B7972E#B7972E

#B7972E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.124 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7972E
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 74.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, 1.09, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 56.50, 88.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0027 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.124 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0900, 32.3997, 7.2005)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7972E #2E4EB7

analogous

#B7522E #B7972E #93B72E

triadic

#B7972E #2EB797 #972EB7

tetradic

#B7972E #2EB752 #2E4EB7 #B72E93

square

#B7972E #2EB752 #2E4EB7 #B72E93

split-complementary

#B7972E #2E93B7 #522EB7

monochromatic

#554615 #866F22 #B7972E #D3B44F #DFC980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B7972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#B7972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7972E

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7972E	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8951D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.124 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b56e',
    500: '#b7972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7972e;
$custom-light: #d1b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6873,
    "c": 0.12448,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7972E

secondary

#798BC8

accent

#6AE345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7972E

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

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