#B18D20#B18D20

#B18D20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.125 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18D20
RGB	rgb(177, 141, 32)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 81.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, 3.32, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 58.25, 86.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.0025 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.125 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9188, 28.5030, 5.3974)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18D20 #2044B1

analogous

#B14420 #B18D20 #8CB120

triadic

#B18D20 #20B18D #8D20B1

tetradic

#B18D20 #20B144 #2044B1 #B1208C

square

#B18D20 #20B144 #2044B1 #B1208C

split-complementary

#B18D20 #208CB1 #4420B1

monochromatic

#493A0D #7D6417 #B18D20 #DAB134 #E4C568

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B18D20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#B18D20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18D20

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18D20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18D20	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)

#9F8C02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18d20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 141, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.125 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae66',
    500: '#b18d20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18d20;
$custom-light: #cdae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18d20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65937,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18D20

secondary

#647DC9

accent

#67EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18D20

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

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