#B9972A#B9972A

#B9972A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.127 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9972A
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, 1.81, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 58.25, 88.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0012 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.127 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4940, 32.6167, 6.8269)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9972A #2A4CB9

analogous

#B94F2A #B9972A #94B92A

triadic

#B9972A #2AB997 #972AB9

tetradic

#B9972A #2AB94F #2A4CB9 #B92A94

square

#B9972A #2AB94F #2A4CB9 #B92A94

split-complementary

#B9972A #2A94B9 #4F2AB9

monochromatic

#554613 #876E1F #B9972A #D6B54A #E1C97C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B9972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B9972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9972A

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9972A	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.127 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b56c',
    500: '#b9972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9972a;
$custom-light: #d2b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68909,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9972A

secondary

#7589CA

accent

#69E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9972A

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

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