#B18F27#B18F27

#B18F27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.123 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18F27
RGB	rgb(177, 143, 39)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.91, 2.47, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.91, 56.32, 87.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% 0.0008 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.123 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3218, 29.1404, 6.0520)
Luminance	0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18F27 #2749B1

analogous

#B14A27 #B18F27 #8EB127

triadic

#B18F27 #27B18F #8F27B1

tetradic

#B18F27 #27B14A #2749B1 #B1278E

square

#B18F27 #27B14A #2749B1 #B1278E

split-complementary

#B18F27 #278EB1 #4A27B1

monochromatic

#4D3E11 #7F661C #B18F27 #D5B040 #E0C572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B18F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#B18F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18F27

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18F27	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 143, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.123 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaf6a',
    500: '#b18f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18f27;
$custom-light: #cdaf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66394,
    "c": 0.12281,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18F27

secondary

#6D83C7

accent

#6AE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18F27

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

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