#B9972F#B9972F

#B9972F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.124 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9972F
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 47)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, 2.03, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 56.41, 87.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% 0 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.124 90)
XYZ	xyz(31.5891, 32.6547, 7.3279)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9972F #2F51B9

analogous

#B9522F #B9972F #96B92F

triadic

#B9972F #2FB997 #972FB9

tetradic

#B9972F #2FB952 #2F51B9 #B92F96

square

#B9972F #2FB952 #2F51B9 #B92F96

split-complementary

#B9972F #2F96B9 #522FB9

monochromatic

#574716 #886F23 #B9972F #D3B352 #DFC983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B9972F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B9972F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9972F

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9972F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9972F	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)

#A8951E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9972f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.124 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b56f',
    500: '#b9972f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9972f;
$custom-light: #d2b56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9972f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68943,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.32653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9972F

secondary

#7B8EC9

accent

#6CE345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9972F

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

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