#B8972E#B8972E

#B8972E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.125 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8972E
RGB	rgb(184, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, 1.54, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 56.64, 88.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0015 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.125 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3287, 32.5228, 7.2117)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8972E #2E4FB8

analogous

#B8522E #B8972E #94B82E

triadic

#B8972E #2EB897 #972EB8

tetradic

#B8972E #2EB852 #2E4FB8 #B82E94

square

#B8972E #2EB852 #2E4FB8 #B82E94

split-complementary

#B8972E #2E94B8 #522EB8

monochromatic

#564716 #876F22 #B8972E #D3B450 #DFC981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B8972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#B8972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8972E

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8972E	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)

#A8951D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.125 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b56e',
    500: '#b8972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8972e;
$custom-light: #d1b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68833,
    "c": 0.1247,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8972E

secondary

#798CC8

accent

#6BE345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8972E

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

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