#B48E18#B48E18

#B48E18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.130 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48E18
RGB	rgb(180, 142, 24)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 3.89, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 61.19, 86.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0.0033 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.13 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6621, 29.1173, 4.9746)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48E18 #183EB4

analogous

#B44018 #B48E18 #8CB418

triadic

#B48E18 #18B48E #8E18B4

tetradic

#B48E18 #18B440 #183EB4 #B4188C

square

#B48E18 #18B440 #183EB4 #B4188C

split-complementary

#B48E18 #188CB4 #4018B4

monochromatic

#48390A #7E6311 #B48E18 #E2B527 #E9C75D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B48E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#B48E18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48E18

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48E18	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)

#A99721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 142, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.130 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfae63',
    500: '#b48e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48e18;
$custom-light: #cfae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.385,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66427,
    "c": 0.12985,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48E18

secondary

#5B76CD

accent

#63F335

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48E18

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

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