#B7AD36#B7AD36

#B7AD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.136 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7AD36
RGB	rgb(183, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 70.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -10.23, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 60.11, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.034 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.136 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1393, 40.2221, 9.4020)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7AD36 #3640B7

analogous

#B76D36 #B7AD36 #81B736

triadic

#B7AD36 #36B7AD #AD36B7

tetradic

#B7AD36 #36B76D #3640B7 #B73681

square

#B7AD36 #36B76D #3640B7 #B73681

split-complementary

#B7AD36 #3681B7 #6D36B7

monochromatic

#58541A #888028 #B7AD36 #CFC65B #DDD68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B7AD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#B7AD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7AD36

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7AD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7AD36	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7ad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.136 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c575',
    500: '#b7ad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7ad36;
$custom-light: #d0c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7ad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73466,
    "c": 0.1361,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7AD36

secondary

#8287C7

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7AD36

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

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