#B48D18#B48D18

#B48D18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.129 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48D18
RGB	rgb(180, 141, 24)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, 4.44, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 61.01, 85.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0049 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.129 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5140, 28.8210, 4.9252)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48D18 #183FB4

analogous

#B43F18 #B48D18 #8DB418

triadic

#B48D18 #18B48D #8D18B4

tetradic

#B48D18 #18B43F #183FB4 #B4188D

square

#B48D18 #18B43F #183FB4 #B4188D

split-complementary

#B48D18 #188DB4 #3F18B4

monochromatic

#48380A #7E6311 #B48D18 #E2B327 #E9C65D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B48D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#B48D18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48D18

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48D18	1.00	3.10	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.10	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)

#A99721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 141, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.129 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfad63',
    500: '#b48d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48d18;
$custom-light: #cfad63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66221,
    "c": 0.12943,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48D18

secondary

#5B77CD

accent

#64F335

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48D18

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

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