#B9972B#B9972B

#B9972B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.127 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9972B
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, 1.86, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 57.89, 88.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.001 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.127 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5121, 32.6239, 6.9223)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9972B #2B4DB9

analogous

#B9502B #B9972B #94B92B

triadic

#B9972B #2BB997 #972BB9

tetradic

#B9972B #2BB950 #2B4DB9 #B92B94

square

#B9972B #2BB950 #2B4DB9 #B92B94

split-complementary

#B9972B #2B94B9 #502BB9

monochromatic

#564614 #876E1F #B9972B #D5B44C #E1C97E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B9972B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B9972B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9972B

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9972B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9972B	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)

#A99517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9972b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.127 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b56d',
    500: '#b9972b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9972b;
$custom-light: #d2b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9972b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68915,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9972B

secondary

#768AC9

accent

#69E542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9972B

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

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