#B49418#B49418

#B49418 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.133 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49418
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 24)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, 0.62, 62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 62.36, 89.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.006 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.133 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5790, 30.9509, 5.2802)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49418 #1838B4

analogous

#B44618 #B49418 #86B418

triadic

#B49418 #18B494 #9418B4

tetradic

#B49418 #18B446 #1838B4 #B41886

square

#B49418 #18B446 #1838B4 #B41886

split-complementary

#B49418 #1886B4 #4618B4

monochromatic

#483B0A #7E6811 #B49418 #E2BC27 #E9CD5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#B49418 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#B49418 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49418

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49418	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49418	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49418;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.133 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb364',
    500: '#b49418',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49418;
$custom-light: #cfb364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49418",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67674,
    "c": 0.13282,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49418

secondary

#5B72CD

accent

#5CF335

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49418

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

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