#B48E17#B48E17

#B48E17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.130 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48E17
RGB	rgb(180, 142, 23)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 3.87, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 61.44, 86.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.0032 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.13 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6519, 29.1132, 4.9208)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48E17 #173DB4

analogous

#B44017 #B48E17 #8BB417

triadic

#B48E17 #17B48E #8E17B4

tetradic

#B48E17 #17B440 #173DB4 #B4178B

square

#B48E17 #17B440 #173DB4 #B4178B

split-complementary

#B48E17 #178BB4 #4017B4

monochromatic

#473809 #7E6310 #B48E17 #E3B525 #EAC85B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B48E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#B48E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48E17

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48E17	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)

#A99720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 142, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.130 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfae63',
    500: '#b48e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48e17;
$custom-light: #cfae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.478,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66423,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48E17

secondary

#5975CE

accent

#62F434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48E17

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

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