#B8972D#B8972D

#B8972D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.125 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8972D
RGB	rgb(184, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, 1.49, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 57.01, 88.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0017 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.125 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3092, 32.5150, 7.1090)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8972D #2D4EB8

analogous

#B8512D #B8972D #94B82D

triadic

#B8972D #2DB897 #972DB8

tetradic

#B8972D #2DB851 #2D4EB8 #B82D94

square

#B8972D #2DB851 #2D4EB8 #B82D94

split-complementary

#B8972D #2D94B8 #512DB8

monochromatic

#564615 #876F21 #B8972D #D4B44E #E0C980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B8972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#B8972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8972D

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8972D	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8951B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.125 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b56e',
    500: '#b8972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8972d;
$custom-light: #d1b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68826,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8972D

secondary

#788BC9

accent

#6AE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8972D

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

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