#B18E23#B18E23

#B18E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.124 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18E23
RGB	rgb(177, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, 2.87, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 57.48, 87.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% 0.0015 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.124 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1096, 28.8163, 5.6714)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18E23 #2346B1

analogous

#B14723 #B18E23 #8DB123

triadic

#B18E23 #23B18E #8E23B1

tetradic

#B18E23 #23B147 #2346B1 #B1238D

square

#B18E23 #23B147 #2346B1 #B1238D

split-complementary

#B18E23 #238DB1 #4723B1

monochromatic

#4B3C0F #7E6519 #B18E23 #D8B139 #E2C56C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B18E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#B18E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18E23

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18E23	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)

#9F8D0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.124 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae68',
    500: '#b18e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18e23;
$custom-light: #cdae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66161,
    "c": 0.12441,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18E23

secondary

#687FC8

accent

#68EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18E23

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

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