#B28D1E#B28D1E

#B28D1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.127 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28D1E
RGB	rgb(178, 141, 30)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 83.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, 3.71, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 59.02, 86.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% 0.0034 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.127 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1211, 28.6104, 5.2693)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28D1E #1E43B2

analogous

#B2431E #B28D1E #8DB21E

triadic

#B28D1E #1EB28D #8D1EB2

tetradic

#B28D1E #1EB243 #1E43B2 #B21E8D

square

#B28D1E #1EB243 #1E43B2 #B21E8D

split-complementary

#B28D1E #1E8DB2 #431EB2

monochromatic

#493A0C #7E6415 #B28D1E #DCB131 #E5C565

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#B28D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#B28D1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28D1E

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28D1E	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 141, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.127 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cead65',
    500: '#b28d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28d1e;
$custom-light: #cead65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66034,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28D1E

secondary

#627CCA

accent

#67EE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28D1E

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

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