#B9972D#B9972D

#B9972D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.126 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9972D
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, 1.94, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 57.16, 88.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.0005 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.126 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5497, 32.6390, 7.1203)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9972D #2D4FB9

analogous

#B9512D #B9972D #95B92D

triadic

#B9972D #2DB997 #972DB9

tetradic

#B9972D #2DB951 #2D4FB9 #B92D95

square

#B9972D #2DB951 #2D4FB9 #B92D95

split-complementary

#B9972D #2D95B9 #512DB9

monochromatic

#574715 #886F21 #B9972D #D4B44F #E0C980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B9972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B9972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9972D

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9972D	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)

#A9951B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.126 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b56e',
    500: '#b9972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9972d;
$custom-light: #d2b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68929,
    "c": 0.12552,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9972D

secondary

#798CC9

accent

#6BE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9972D

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

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