#B18D1F#B18D1F

#B18D1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.126 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18D1F
RGB	rgb(177, 141, 31)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 82.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, 3.28, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 58.56, 86.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.0023 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.126 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9054, 28.4977, 5.3269)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18D1F #1F43B1

analogous

#B1441F #B18D1F #8CB11F

triadic

#B18D1F #1FB18D #8D1FB1

tetradic

#B18D1F #1FB144 #1F43B1 #B11F8C

square

#B18D1F #1FB144 #1F43B1 #B11F8C

split-complementary

#B18D1F #1F8CB1 #441FB1

monochromatic

#493A0D #7D6416 #B18D1F #DBB132 #E4C566

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B18D1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#B18D1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18D1F

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18D1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18D1F	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18d1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 141, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.126 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdad66',
    500: '#b18d1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18d1f;
$custom-light: #cdad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18d1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65932,
    "c": 0.12583,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18D1F

secondary

#627CCA

accent

#67ED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18D1F

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

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