#B8972F#B8972F

#B8972F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.124 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8972F
RGB	rgb(184, 151, 47)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 74.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, 1.58, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 56.26, 88.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.0013 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.124 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3486, 32.5307, 7.3167)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8972F #2F50B8

analogous

#B8522F #B8972F #95B82F

triadic

#B8972F #2FB897 #972FB8

tetradic

#B8972F #2FB852 #2F50B8 #B82F95

square

#B8972F #2FB852 #2F50B8 #B82F95

split-complementary

#B8972F #2F95B8 #522FB8

monochromatic

#574716 #876F23 #B8972F #D3B452 #DFC982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B8972F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#B8972F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8972F

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8972F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8972F	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8951E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8972f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 151, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.124 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b56f',
    500: '#b8972f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8972f;
$custom-light: #d1b56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8972f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.547,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6884,
    "c": 0.12409,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8972F

secondary

#7B8DC8

accent

#6BE245

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8972F

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

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