#B7A342#B7A342

#B7A342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.119 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A342
RGB	rgb(183, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 63.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -4.26, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 51.72, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0157 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.119 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6105, 36.6566, 10.4582)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A342 #4256B7

analogous

#B76942 #B7A342 #91B742

triadic

#B7A342 #42B7A3 #A342B7

tetradic

#B7A342 #42B769 #4256B7 #B74291

square

#B7A342 #42B769 #4256B7 #B74291

split-complementary

#B7A342 #4291B7 #6942B7

monochromatic

#5D5322 #8A7B32 #B7A342 #CABA6C #DACF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B7A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B7A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A342

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A342	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.119 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be7b',
    500: '#b7a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a342;
$custom-light: #d0be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.744,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71425,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A342

secondary

#8F98C6

accent

#68D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A342

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

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