#B18D21#B18D21

#B18D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.125 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18D21
RGB	rgb(177, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 81.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, 3.35, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 57.93, 86.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.0027 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.125 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9326, 28.5086, 5.4700)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18D21 #2145B1

analogous

#B14521 #B18D21 #8DB121

triadic

#B18D21 #21B18D #8D21B1

tetradic

#B18D21 #21B145 #2145B1 #B1218D

square

#B18D21 #21B145 #2145B1 #B1218D

split-complementary

#B18D21 #218DB1 #4521B1

monochromatic

#4A3B0E #7D6417 #B18D21 #D9B136 #E3C569

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B18D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#B18D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18D21

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18D21	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)

#9E8C05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.125 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae66',
    500: '#b18d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18d21;
$custom-light: #cdae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65943,
    "c": 0.1249,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18D21

secondary

#657EC9

accent

#68EB3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18D21

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

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