#B48D17#B48D17

#B48D17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.130 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48D17
RGB	rgb(180, 141, 23)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, 4.42, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 61.26, 85.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0048 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.13 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5038, 28.8169, 4.8714)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48D17 #173EB4

analogous

#B43F17 #B48D17 #8CB417

triadic

#B48D17 #17B48D #8D17B4

tetradic

#B48D17 #17B43F #173EB4 #B4178C

square

#B48D17 #17B43F #173EB4 #B4178C

split-complementary

#B48D17 #178CB4 #3F17B4

monochromatic

#473809 #7E6210 #B48D17 #E3B425 #EAC75B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B48D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#B48D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48D17

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48D17	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)

#A99720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 141, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.130 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ad63',
    500: '#b48d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48d17;
$custom-light: #d0ad63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.096,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66217,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48D17

secondary

#5976CE

accent

#64F434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48D17

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

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