#B7A442#B7A442

#B7A442 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.119 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A442
RGB	rgb(183, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 63.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -4.80, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 52.05, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0172 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.119 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7887, 37.0131, 10.5177)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A442 #4255B7

analogous

#B76A42 #B7A442 #90B742

triadic

#B7A442 #42B7A4 #A442B7

tetradic

#B7A442 #42B76A #4255B7 #B74290

square

#B7A442 #42B76A #4255B7 #B74290

split-complementary

#B7A442 #4290B7 #6A42B7

monochromatic

#5D5322 #8A7C32 #B7A442 #CABB6C #DAD099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B7A442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B7A442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A442

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A442	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.119 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be7b',
    500: '#b7a442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a442;
$custom-light: #d0be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.256,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71637,
    "c": 0.11936,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A442

secondary

#8F98C6

accent

#67D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A442

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

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