#B7B531#B7B531

#B7B531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.147 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7B531
RGB	rgb(183, 181, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 73.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -14.59, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 64.80, 103.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0468 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.147 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6081, 43.3379, 9.3418)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7B531 #3133B7

analogous

#B77231 #B7B531 #76B731

triadic

#B7B531 #31B7B5 #B531B7

tetradic

#B7B531 #31B772 #3133B7 #B73176

square

#B7B531 #31B772 #3133B7 #B73176

split-complementary

#B7B531 #3176B7 #7231B7

monochromatic

#565617 #878524 #B7B531 #D1CF54 #DEDD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B7B531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#B7B531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7B531

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7B531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7B531	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7b531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 181, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.147 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca73',
    500: '#b7b531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7b531;
$custom-light: #d0ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7b531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75175,
    "c": 0.14679,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7B531

secondary

#7C7DC8

accent

#49E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7B531

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

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