#B7B149#B7B149

#B7B149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.126 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7B149
RGB	rgb(183, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 60.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -11.15, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 53.77, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0345 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.126 106)
XYZ	xyz(36.4544, 41.9938, 12.4874)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7B149 #494FB7

analogous

#B77A49 #B7B149 #86B749

triadic

#B7B149 #49B7B1 #B149B7

tetradic

#B7B149 #49B77A #494FB7 #B74986

square

#B7B149 #49B77A #494FB7 #B74986

split-complementary

#B7B149 #4986B7 #7A49B7

monochromatic

#605D26 #8C8737 #B7B149 #C8C475 #DAD7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B7B149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B7B149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7B149

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7B149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7B149	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7b149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.126 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc880',
    500: '#b7b149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7b149;
$custom-light: #cfc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7b149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.727,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.745,
    "c": 0.12559,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.41993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7B149

secondary

#9598C6

accent

#5CD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7B149

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

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