#B7A23C#B7A23C

#B7A23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.122 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A23C
RGB	rgb(183, 162, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 67.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -4.10, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 53.99, 94.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.016 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.122 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2659, 36.2358, 9.5161)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A23C #3C51B7

analogous

#B7643C #B7A23C #8EB73C

triadic

#B7A23C #3CB7A2 #A23CB7

tetradic

#B7A23C #3CB764 #3C51B7 #B73C8E

square

#B7A23C #3CB764 #3C51B7 #B73C8E

split-complementary

#B7A23C #3C8EB7 #643CB7

monochromatic

#5B501E #89792D #B7A23C #CCBA64 #DBCF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B7A23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B7A23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A23C

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A23C	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 162, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.122 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd77',
    500: '#b7a23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a23c;
$custom-light: #d0bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71156,
    "c": 0.12245,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A23C

secondary

#8893C6

accent

#66DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A23C

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

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