#B4901E#B4901E

#B4901E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.128 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4901E
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 30)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 83.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, 2.96, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 59.92, 87.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% 0.0012 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.128 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0318, 29.7455, 5.4404)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4901E #1E42B4

analogous

#B4451E #B4901E #8DB41E

triadic

#B4901E #1EB490 #901EB4

tetradic

#B4901E #1EB445 #1E42B4 #B41E8D

square

#B4901E #1EB445 #1E42B4 #B41E8D

split-complementary

#B4901E #1E8DB4 #451EB4

monochromatic

#4B3C0D #806615 #B4901E #DDB432 #E6C767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B4901E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#B4901E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B4901E

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4901E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4901E	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4901e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.128 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb066',
    500: '#b4901e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4901e;
$custom-light: #cfb066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4901e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66867,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4901E

secondary

#637CCB

accent

#65EE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4901E

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

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