#B7A42B#B7A42B

#B7A42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A42B
RGB	rgb(183, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 76.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -6.01, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 61.13, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0232 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2416, 36.7942, 7.6361)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A42B #2B3EB7

analogous

#B75E2B #B7A42B #84B72B

triadic

#B7A42B #2BB7A4 #A42BB7

tetradic

#B7A42B #2BB75E #2B3EB7 #B72B84

square

#B7A42B #2BB75E #2B3EB7 #B72B84

split-complementary

#B7A42B #2B84B7 #5E2BB7

monochromatic

#544B14 #85781F #B7A42B #D5C24B #E0D37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B7A42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B7A42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A42B

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A42B	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be6e',
    500: '#b7a42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a42b;
$custom-light: #d1be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71454,
    "c": 0.13512,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A42B

secondary

#7581C9

accent

#59E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A42B

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

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