#B48F17#B48F17

#B48F17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.131 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48F17
RGB	rgb(180, 143, 23)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, 3.32, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 61.62, 86.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% 0.0016 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.131 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8014, 29.4121, 4.9706)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48F17 #173CB4

analogous

#B44117 #B48F17 #8AB417

triadic

#B48F17 #17B48F #8F17B4

tetradic

#B48F17 #17B441 #173CB4 #B4178A

square

#B48F17 #17B441 #173CB4 #B4178A

split-complementary

#B48F17 #178AB4 #4117B4

monochromatic

#473909 #7E6410 #B48F17 #E3B625 #EAC85B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#B48F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#B48F17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48F17

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48F17	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 143, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.131 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfaf63',
    500: '#b48f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48f17;
$custom-light: #cfaf63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.86,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6663,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48F17

secondary

#5975CE

accent

#61F434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48F17

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

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