#B7B42A#B7B42A

#B7B42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.150 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7B42A
RGB	rgb(183, 180, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 77%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -14.37, 65.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 66.72, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0468 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.15 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2691, 42.8782, 8.5558)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7B42A #2A2DB7

analogous

#B76D2A #B7B42A #74B72A

triadic

#B7B42A #2AB7B4 #B42AB7

tetradic

#B7B42A #2AB76D #2A2DB7 #B72A74

square

#B7B42A #2AB76D #2A2DB7 #B72A74

split-complementary

#B7B42A #2A74B7 #6D2AB7

monochromatic

#535213 #85831F #B7B42A #D5D249 #E1DE7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B7B42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#B7B42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7B42A

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7B42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7B42A	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7b42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 180, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.150 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca70',
    500: '#b7b42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7b42a;
$custom-light: #d0ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7b42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74914,
    "c": 0.14962,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7B42A

secondary

#7476C9

accent

#46E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7B42A

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

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