#B7A237#B7A237

#B7A237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.126 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A237
RGB	rgb(183, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 69.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -4.38, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 56.05, 94.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0173 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.126 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1399, 36.1854, 8.8526)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A237 #374CB7

analogous

#B76237 #B7A237 #8CB737

triadic

#B7A237 #37B7A2 #A237B7

tetradic

#B7A237 #37B762 #374CB7 #B7378C

square

#B7A237 #37B762 #374CB7 #B7378C

split-complementary

#B7A237 #378CB7 #6237B7

monochromatic

#594F1B #887829 #B7A237 #CEBC5D #DCCF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B7A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#B7A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A237

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A237	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.126 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd74',
    500: '#b7a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a237;
$custom-light: #d0bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71113,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A237

secondary

#838EC7

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A237

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

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