#B7B42B#B7B42B

#B7B42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.149 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7B42B
RGB	rgb(183, 180, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 76.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -14.33, 64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 66.41, 102.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0466 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.149 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2872, 42.8854, 8.6513)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7B42B #2B2EB7

analogous

#B76E2B #B7B42B #74B72B

triadic

#B7B42B #2BB7B4 #B42BB7

tetradic

#B7B42B #2BB76E #2B2EB7 #B72B74

square

#B7B42B #2BB76E #2B2EB7 #B72B74

split-complementary

#B7B42B #2B74B7 #6E2BB7

monochromatic

#545314 #85831F #B7B42B #D5D24B #E0DE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B7B42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#B7B42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7B42B

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7B42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7B42B	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)

#C3AD05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7b42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 180, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.149 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca70',
    500: '#b7b42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7b42b;
$custom-light: #d0ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7b42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7492,
    "c": 0.14912,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7B42B

secondary

#7577C9

accent

#46E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7B42B

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

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