#B7A239#B7A239

#B7A239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.125 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A239
RGB	rgb(183, 162, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 68.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -4.27, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 55.24, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0168 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.125 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1888, 36.2050, 9.1102)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A239 #394EB7

analogous

#B76339 #B7A239 #8DB739

triadic

#B7A239 #39B7A2 #A239B7

tetradic

#B7A239 #39B763 #394EB7 #B7398D

square

#B7A239 #39B763 #394EB7 #B7398D

split-complementary

#B7A239 #398DB7 #6339B7

monochromatic

#5A4F1C #88792A #B7A239 #CDBB60 #DCCF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B7A239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#B7A239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A239

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A239	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)

#B29E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 162, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.125 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd75',
    500: '#b7a239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a239;
$custom-light: #d0bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7113,
    "c": 0.12465,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A239

secondary

#8590C7

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A239

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

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