#B48E1C#B48E1C

#B48E1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.128 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48E1C
RGB	rgb(180, 142, 28)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 84.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, 4.00, 59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 60.11, 86.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% 0.004 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.128 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7068, 29.1351, 5.2101)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48E1C #1C42B4

analogous

#B4421C #B48E1C #8EB41C

triadic

#B48E1C #1CB48E #8E1CB4

tetradic

#B48E1C #1CB442 #1C42B4 #B41C8E

square

#B48E1C #1CB442 #1C42B4 #B41C8E

split-complementary

#B48E1C #1C8EB4 #421CB4

monochromatic

#4A3A0C #7F6414 #B48E1C #DFB32F #E7C664

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B48E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#B48E1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48E1C

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48E1C	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 142, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.128 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfae65',
    500: '#b48e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48e1c;
$custom-light: #cfae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66445,
    "c": 0.12834,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48E1C

secondary

#607BCC

accent

#66F038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48E1C

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

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