#B48E19#B48E19

#B48E19 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	#B48E19
RGB	rgb(180, 142, 25)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 86.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 3.92, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 60.93, 86.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0.0035 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.13 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6727, 29.1215, 5.0303)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48E19 #193FB4

analogous

#B44019 #B48E19 #8DB419

triadic

#B48E19 #19B48E #8E19B4

tetradic

#B48E19 #19B440 #193FB4 #B4198D

square

#B48E19 #19B440 #193FB4 #B4198D

split-complementary

#B48E19 #198DB4 #4019B4

monochromatic

#49390A #7E6412 #B48E19 #E1B429 #E9C75F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B48E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#B48E19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48E19

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48E19	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)

#A99722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 142, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.130 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfae63',
    500: '#b48e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48e19;
$custom-light: #cfae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.29,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66431,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48E19

secondary

#5C78CD

accent

#64F236

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48E19

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

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