#B7A042#B7A042

#B7A042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.116 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A042
RGB	rgb(183, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 63.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -2.66, 50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 50.74, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0111 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.116 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0841, 35.6039, 10.2828)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A042 #4259B7

analogous

#B76642 #B7A042 #94B742

triadic

#B7A042 #42B7A0 #A042B7

tetradic

#B7A042 #42B766 #4259B7 #B74294

square

#B7A042 #42B766 #4259B7 #B74294

split-complementary

#B7A042 #4294B7 #6642B7

monochromatic

#5D5122 #8A7932 #B7A042 #CAB86C #DACD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B7A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B7A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A042

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A042	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.116 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb7a',
    500: '#b7a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a042;
$custom-light: #d0bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.205,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7079,
    "c": 0.11618,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A042

secondary

#8F9AC6

accent

#6BD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A042

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

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