#B28E21#B28E21

#B28E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.126 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28E21
RGB	rgb(178, 142, 33)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, 3.25, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 58.29, 86.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% 0.0024 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.126 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3094, 28.9227, 5.5301)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28E21 #2145B2

analogous

#B24521 #B28E21 #8EB221

triadic

#B28E21 #21B28E #8E21B2

tetradic

#B28E21 #21B245 #2145B2 #B2218E

square

#B28E21 #21B245 #2145B2 #B2218E

split-complementary

#B28E21 #218EB2 #4521B2

monochromatic

#4B3C0E #7E6517 #B28E21 #DAB136 #E3C56A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B28E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#B28E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28E21

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28E21	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 142, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.126 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae67',
    500: '#b28e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28e21;
$custom-light: #ceae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66256,
    "c": 0.12563,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28E21

secondary

#667EC9

accent

#68EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28E21

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

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