#B9972C#B9972C

#B9972C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.126 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9972C
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, 1.90, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 57.53, 88.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0008 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.126 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5307, 32.6313, 7.0201)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9972C #2C4EB9

analogous

#B9512C #B9972C #94B92C

triadic

#B9972C #2CB997 #972CB9

tetradic

#B9972C #2CB951 #2C4EB9 #B92C94

square

#B9972C #2CB951 #2C4EB9 #B92C94

split-complementary

#B9972C #2C94B9 #512CB9

monochromatic

#564614 #886F20 #B9972C #D5B44D #E1C97F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B9972C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B9972C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9972C

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9972C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9972C	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9972c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.126 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b56d',
    500: '#b9972c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9972c;
$custom-light: #d2b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9972c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68922,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9972C

secondary

#788BC9

accent

#6AE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9972C

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

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