#B7A837#B7A837

#B7A837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A837
RGB	rgb(183, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 69.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -7.56, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 58.00, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0264 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2222, 38.3499, 9.2133)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A837 #3746B7

analogous

#B76837 #B7A837 #86B737

triadic

#B7A837 #37B7A8 #A837B7

tetradic

#B7A837 #37B768 #3746B7 #B73786

square

#B7A837 #37B768 #3746B7 #B73786

split-complementary

#B7A837 #3786B7 #6837B7

monochromatic

#59521B #887D29 #B7A837 #CEC15D #DCD38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B7A837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B7A837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A837

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A837	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c175',
    500: '#b7a837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a837;
$custom-light: #d0c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72395,
    "c": 0.13098,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A837

secondary

#838BC7

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A837

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

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