#B9972E#B9972E

#B9972E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.125 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9972E
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, 1.98, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 56.79, 88.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0003 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.125 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5692, 32.6468, 7.2229)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9972E #2E50B9

analogous

#B9522E #B9972E #95B92E

triadic

#B9972E #2EB997 #972EB9

tetradic

#B9972E #2EB952 #2E50B9 #B92E95

square

#B9972E #2EB952 #2E50B9 #B92E95

split-complementary

#B9972E #2E95B9 #522EB9

monochromatic

#574716 #886F22 #B9972E #D4B451 #E0C982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B9972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B9972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9972E

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9972E	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)

#A8951D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.125 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b56e',
    500: '#b9972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9972e;
$custom-light: #d2b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68936,
    "c": 0.12493,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9972E

secondary

#7A8DC9

accent

#6BE344

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9972E

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

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