#B7A234#B7A234

#B7A234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.128 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A234
RGB	rgb(183, 162, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 71.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -4.54, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 57.24, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0181 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.128 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0702, 36.1575, 8.4853)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A234 #3449B7

analogous

#B76034 #B7A234 #8AB734

triadic

#B7A234 #34B7A2 #A234B7

tetradic

#B7A234 #34B760 #3449B7 #B7348A

square

#B7A234 #34B760 #3449B7 #B7348A

split-complementary

#B7A234 #348AB7 #6034B7

monochromatic

#584E19 #877826 #B7A234 #D0BD59 #DDD088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B7A234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#B7A234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A234

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A234	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)

#B29E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 162, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.128 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd72',
    500: '#b7a234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a234;
$custom-light: #d0bd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7109,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A234

secondary

#808BC7

accent

#61DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A234

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

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