#B7B42F#B7B42F
#B7B42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.147 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B7B42F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(183, 180, 47) |
| HSL | hsl(59, 59%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(59, 74%, 72%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 74.3%, 28.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.50, -14.17, 63.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.50, 65.11, 102.57°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.94% -0.0458 0.1397) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.94% 0.147 108.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.3642, 42.9162, 9.0569) |
| Luminance | 0.4291 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 3.52
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 3.79
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.00
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.46
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.70
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B7B42F #2F32B7
analogous
#B7702F #B7B42F #76B72F
triadic
#B7B42F #2FB7B4 #B42FB7
tetradic
#B7B42F #2FB770 #2F32B7 #B72F76
square
#B7B42F #2FB770 #2F32B7 #B72F76
split-complementary
#B7B42F #2F76B7 #702FB7
monochromatic
#565416 #868422 #B7B42F #D2CF51 #DFDD82
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#B7B42F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.58
#B7B42F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B7B42F
9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B7B42F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B7B42F | 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)
#C3AD12
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B139
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C4A89B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b7b42f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 180, 47); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.147 108.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d0ca72',
500: '#b7b42f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b7b42f; $custom-light: #d0ca72; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b7b42f",
"rgb": {
"r": 183,
"g": 180,
"b": 47
},
"hsl": {
"h": 58.676,
"s": 59.13,
"l": 45.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74943,
"c": 0.14696,
"h": 108.2
},
"luminance": 0.42915
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B7B42F
secondary
#7A7CC8
accent
#49E245
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF8ED
border
#D3D1C8
text
#141308
muted
#83827B