#B49318#B49318

#B49318 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.132 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49318
RGB	rgb(180, 147, 24)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, 1.16, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 62.15, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0044 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.132 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4228, 30.6386, 5.2281)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49318 #1839B4

analogous

#B44518 #B49318 #87B418

triadic

#B49318 #18B493 #9318B4

tetradic

#B49318 #18B445 #1839B4 #B41887

square

#B49318 #18B445 #1839B4 #B41887

split-complementary

#B49318 #1887B4 #4518B4

monochromatic

#483B0A #7E6711 #B49318 #E2BB27 #E9CC5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#B49318 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#B49318 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49318

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49318	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49318	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49318;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 147, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.132 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb264',
    500: '#b49318',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49318;
$custom-light: #cfb264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49318",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.308,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67465,
    "c": 0.13228,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49318

secondary

#5B73CD

accent

#5DF335

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49318

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

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