#B18E25#B18E25

#B18E25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.123 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18E25
RGB	rgb(177, 142, 37)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 79.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 2.94, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 56.81, 87.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.0019 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.123 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1401, 28.8286, 5.8322)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18E25 #2548B1

analogous

#B14825 #B18E25 #8EB125

triadic

#B18E25 #25B18E #8E25B1

tetradic

#B18E25 #25B148 #2548B1 #B1258E

square

#B18E25 #25B148 #2548B1 #B1258E

split-complementary

#B18E25 #258EB1 #4825B1

monochromatic

#4C3D10 #7E651A #B18E25 #D6B03D #E1C56F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B18E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#B18E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18E25

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18E25	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 142, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.123 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae68',
    500: '#b18e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18e25;
$custom-light: #cdae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66173,
    "c": 0.12339,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18E25

secondary

#6A82C8

accent

#6AE83F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18E25

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

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