#B7B42E#B7B42E

#B7B42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.148 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7B42E
RGB	rgb(183, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 74.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -14.21, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 65.45, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.046 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.148 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3442, 42.9083, 8.9519)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7B42E #2E31B7

analogous

#B76F2E #B7B42E #76B72E

triadic

#B7B42E #2EB7B4 #B42EB7

tetradic

#B7B42E #2EB76F #2E31B7 #B72E76

square

#B7B42E #2EB76F #2E31B7 #B72E76

split-complementary

#B7B42E #2E76B7 #6F2EB7

monochromatic

#555415 #868422 #B7B42E #D3D04F #DFDD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B7B42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#B7B42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7B42E

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7B42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7B42E	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)

#C3AD0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.148 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca71',
    500: '#b7b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7b42e;
$custom-light: #d0ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74937,
    "c": 0.14752,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7B42E

secondary

#797BC8

accent

#48E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7B42E

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

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