#B48D16#B48D16

#B48D16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.130 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48D16
RGB	rgb(180, 141, 22)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, 4.40, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 61.51, 85.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% 0.0046 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.13 88)
XYZ	xyz(28.4940, 28.8130, 4.8196)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48D16 #163DB4

analogous

#B43E16 #B48D16 #8CB416

triadic

#B48D16 #16B48D #8D16B4

tetradic

#B48D16 #16B43E #163DB4 #B4168C

square

#B48D16 #16B43E #163DB4 #B4168C

split-complementary

#B48D16 #168CB4 #3E16B4

monochromatic

#473809 #7D620F #B48D16 #E4B423 #EBC75A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B48D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#B48D16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48D16

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48D16	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	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)

#9F8C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9971F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 141, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.130 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ad62',
    500: '#b48d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48d16;
$custom-light: #d0ad62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.19,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66213,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.28811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48D16

secondary

#5875CE

accent

#63F533

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48D16

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

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