#B7A233#B7A233

#B7A233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.129 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A233
RGB	rgb(183, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 72.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -4.59, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 57.62, 94.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0184 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.129 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0479, 36.1486, 8.3680)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A233 #3348B7

analogous

#B76033 #B7A233 #8AB733

triadic

#B7A233 #33B7A2 #A233B7

tetradic

#B7A233 #33B760 #3348B7 #B7338A

square

#B7A233 #33B760 #3348B7 #B7338A

split-complementary

#B7A233 #338AB7 #6033B7

monochromatic

#574D18 #877826 #B7A233 #D0BD57 #DED087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B7A233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#B7A233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A233

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A233	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.129 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd72',
    500: '#b7a233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a233;
$custom-light: #d0bd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71082,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A233

secondary

#7F8AC7

accent

#60E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A233

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

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