#B7A42D#B7A42D

#B7A42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A42D
RGB	rgb(183, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 75.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -5.92, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 60.44, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0228 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2792, 36.8093, 7.8341)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A42D #2D40B7

analogous

#B75F2D #B7A42D #85B72D

triadic

#B7A42D #2DB7A4 #A42DB7

tetradic

#B7A42D #2DB75F #2D40B7 #B72D85

square

#B7A42D #2DB75F #2D40B7 #B72D85

split-complementary

#B7A42D #2D85B7 #5F2DB7

monochromatic

#554C15 #867821 #B7A42D #D3C14E #DFD27F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B7A42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B7A42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A42D

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A42D	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)

#B49F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be6f',
    500: '#b7a42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a42d;
$custom-light: #d0be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71467,
    "c": 0.13399,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A42D

secondary

#7883C8

accent

#5AE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A42D

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

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