#B7B231#B7B231

#B7B231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.144 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7B231
RGB	rgb(183, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 73.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -13.05, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 63.71, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0425 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.144 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0046, 42.1311, 9.1407)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7B231 #3136B7

analogous

#B76F31 #B7B231 #79B731

triadic

#B7B231 #31B7B2 #B231B7

tetradic

#B7B231 #31B76F #3136B7 #B73179

square

#B7B231 #31B76F #3136B7 #B73179

split-complementary

#B7B231 #3179B7 #6F31B7

monochromatic

#565417 #878324 #B7B231 #D1CD54 #DEDB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B7B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#B7B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7B231

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7B231	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.144 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c873',
    500: '#b7b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7b231;
$custom-light: #d0c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.761,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74519,
    "c": 0.1439,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7B231

secondary

#7C7FC8

accent

#4DE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7B231

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

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