#B7A437#B7A437

#B7A437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.128 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A437
RGB	rgb(183, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 69.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -5.44, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 56.68, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0204 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.128 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4950, 36.8956, 8.9710)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A437 #374AB7

analogous

#B76437 #B7A437 #8AB737

triadic

#B7A437 #37B7A4 #A437B7

tetradic

#B7A437 #37B764 #374AB7 #B7378A

square

#B7A437 #37B764 #374AB7 #B7378A

split-complementary

#B7A437 #378AB7 #6437B7

monochromatic

#59501B #887A29 #B7A437 #CEBD5D #DCD08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B7A437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B7A437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A437

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A437	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.128 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be74',
    500: '#b7a437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a437;
$custom-light: #d0be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71539,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A437

secondary

#838DC7

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A437

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

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