#B7AD37#B7AD37

#B7AD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.135 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7AD37
RGB	rgb(183, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 69.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -10.18, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 59.73, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0338 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.135 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1630, 40.2316, 9.5270)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7AD37 #3741B7

analogous

#B76D37 #B7AD37 #81B737

triadic

#B7AD37 #37B7AD #AD37B7

tetradic

#B7AD37 #37B76D #3741B7 #B73781

square

#B7AD37 #37B76D #3741B7 #B73781

split-complementary

#B7AD37 #3781B7 #6D37B7

monochromatic

#59541B #888129 #B7AD37 #CEC55D #DCD68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B7AD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#B7AD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7AD37

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7AD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7AD37	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7ad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.135 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c575',
    500: '#b7ad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7ad37;
$custom-light: #d0c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7ad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73474,
    "c": 0.13544,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7AD37

secondary

#8388C7

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7AD37

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

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