#B7B42C#B7B42C

#B7B42C 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	#B7B42C
RGB	rgb(183, 180, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 76%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -14.29, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 66.09, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0464 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.149 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3057, 42.8929, 8.7491)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7B42C #2C2FB7

analogous

#B76F2C #B7B42C #75B72C

triadic

#B7B42C #2CB7B4 #B42CB7

tetradic

#B7B42C #2CB76F #2C2FB7 #B72C75

square

#B7B42C #2CB76F #2C2FB7 #B72C75

split-complementary

#B7B42C #2C75B7 #6F2CB7

monochromatic

#545314 #868320 #B7B42C #D4D14C #E0DE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B7B42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#B7B42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7B42C

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7B42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7B42C	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)

#C3AD09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7b42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 180, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.149 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca70',
    500: '#b7b42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7b42c;
$custom-light: #d0ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7b42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74926,
    "c": 0.1486,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7B42C

secondary

#7678C8

accent

#47E443

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7B42C

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

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