#B18E20#B18E20

#B18E20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.126 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18E20
RGB	rgb(177, 142, 32)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 81.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, 2.77, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 58.45, 87.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% 0.001 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.126 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0669, 28.7993, 5.4468)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18E20 #2043B1

analogous

#B14520 #B18E20 #8BB120

triadic

#B18E20 #20B18E #8E20B1

tetradic

#B18E20 #20B145 #2043B1 #B1208B

square

#B18E20 #20B145 #2043B1 #B1208B

split-complementary

#B18E20 #208BB1 #4520B1

monochromatic

#493B0D #7D6417 #B18E20 #DAB234 #E4C668

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B18E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#B18E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18E20

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18E20	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 142, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.126 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae66',
    500: '#b18e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18e20;
$custom-light: #cdae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66145,
    "c": 0.12585,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18E20

secondary

#647CC9

accent

#66EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18E20

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

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