#B18E22#B18E22

#B18E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.125 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18E22
RGB	rgb(177, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 80.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, 2.84, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 57.81, 87.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% 0.0013 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.125 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0949, 28.8105, 5.5943)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18E22 #2245B1

analogous

#B14722 #B18E22 #8DB122

triadic

#B18E22 #22B18E #8E22B1

tetradic

#B18E22 #22B147 #2245B1 #B1228D

square

#B18E22 #22B147 #2245B1 #B1228D

split-complementary

#B18E22 #228DB1 #4722B1

monochromatic

#4A3C0E #7E6518 #B18E22 #D9B138 #E3C56B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B18E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#B18E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18E22

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18E22	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)

#9F8D07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.125 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae67',
    500: '#b18e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18e22;
$custom-light: #cdae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66156,
    "c": 0.1249,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18E22

secondary

#667EC9

accent

#68EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18E22

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

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