#B48E16#B48E16

#B48E16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.131 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48E16
RGB	rgb(180, 142, 22)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 3.85, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 61.68, 86.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.0031 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.131 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6421, 29.1092, 4.8690)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48E16 #163CB4

analogous

#B43F16 #B48E16 #8BB416

triadic

#B48E16 #16B48E #8E16B4

tetradic

#B48E16 #16B43F #163CB4 #B4168B

square

#B48E16 #16B43F #163CB4 #B4168B

split-complementary

#B48E16 #168BB4 #3F16B4

monochromatic

#473809 #7D630F #B48E16 #E4B623 #EBC85A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B48E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#B48E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48E16

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48E16	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9971F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 142, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.131 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ae62',
    500: '#b48e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48e16;
$custom-light: #d0ae62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.57,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66419,
    "c": 0.13055,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48E16

secondary

#5874CE

accent

#62F533

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48E16

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

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