#B18E24#B18E24

#B18E24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.124 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18E24
RGB	rgb(177, 142, 36)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 79.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, 2.91, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 57.15, 87.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.0017 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.124 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1246, 28.8224, 5.7507)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18E24 #2447B1

analogous

#B14724 #B18E24 #8EB124

triadic

#B18E24 #24B18E #8E24B1

tetradic

#B18E24 #24B147 #2447B1 #B1248E

square

#B18E24 #24B147 #2447B1 #B1248E

split-complementary

#B18E24 #248EB1 #4724B1

monochromatic

#4B3C0F #7E651A #B18E24 #D7B03B #E1C56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B18E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#B18E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18E24

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18E24	1.00	3.10	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.10	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)

#9F8D0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 142, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.124 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae68',
    500: '#b18e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18e24;
$custom-light: #cdae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66167,
    "c": 0.1239,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18E24

secondary

#6980C8

accent

#69E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18E24

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

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