#B7A531#B7A531

#B7A531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.132 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A531
RGB	rgb(183, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 73.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -6.27, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 59.31, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0234 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.132 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5395, 37.2009, 8.3190)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A531 #3143B7

analogous

#B76231 #B7A531 #86B731

triadic

#B7A531 #31B7A5 #A531B7

tetradic

#B7A531 #31B762 #3143B7 #B73186

square

#B7A531 #31B762 #3143B7 #B73186

split-complementary

#B7A531 #3186B7 #6231B7

monochromatic

#564E17 #877924 #B7A531 #D1C054 #DED284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B7A531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#B7A531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A531

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A531	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A01D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.132 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bf71',
    500: '#b7a531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a531;
$custom-light: #d0bf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71708,
    "c": 0.1324,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A531

secondary

#7C86C8

accent

#5CE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A531

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

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