#B7A23E#B7A23E

#B7A23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.121 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A23E
RGB	rgb(183, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 66.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -3.98, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 53.13, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0154 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.121 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3198, 36.2573, 9.7998)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A23E #3E53B7

analogous

#B7653E #B7A23E #8FB73E

triadic

#B7A23E #3EB7A2 #A23EB7

tetradic

#B7A23E #3EB765 #3E53B7 #B73E8F

square

#B7A23E #3EB765 #3E53B7 #B73E8F

split-complementary

#B7A23E #3E8FB7 #653EB7

monochromatic

#5C511F #897A2F #B7A23E #CBBA67 #DBCF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B7A23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B7A23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A23E

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A23E	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)

#B29E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.121 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd78',
    500: '#b7a23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a23e;
$custom-light: #d0bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71174,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A23E

secondary

#8A95C6

accent

#67D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A23E

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

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