#B49018#B49018

#B49018 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.131 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49018
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 24)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, 2.80, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 61.55, 87.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% 0.0002 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.131 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9624, 29.7177, 5.0746)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49018 #183CB4

analogous

#B44218 #B49018 #8AB418

triadic

#B49018 #18B490 #9018B4

tetradic

#B49018 #18B442 #183CB4 #B4188A

square

#B49018 #18B442 #183CB4 #B4188A

split-complementary

#B49018 #188AB4 #4218B4

monochromatic

#483A0A #7E6511 #B49018 #E2B727 #E9C95D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B49018 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#B49018 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B49018

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49018	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49018	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49018;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.131 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb063',
    500: '#b49018',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49018;
$custom-light: #cfb063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49018",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66841,
    "c": 0.13077,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49018

secondary

#5B75CD

accent

#61F335

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49018

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

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