#B7A142#B7A142

#B7A142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.117 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A142
RGB	rgb(183, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 63.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -3.20, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 51.06, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0127 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.117 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2582, 35.9520, 10.3408)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A142 #4258B7

analogous

#B76742 #B7A142 #93B742

triadic

#B7A142 #42B7A1 #A142B7

tetradic

#B7A142 #42B767 #4258B7 #B74293

square

#B7A142 #42B767 #4258B7 #B74293

split-complementary

#B7A142 #4293B7 #6742B7

monochromatic

#5D5222 #8A7932 #B7A142 #CAB86C #DACE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B7A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#B7A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A142

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A142	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.117 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bc7a',
    500: '#b7a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a142;
$custom-light: #d0bc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.718,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71001,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A142

secondary

#8F99C6

accent

#6AD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A142

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

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