#B49518#B49518

#B49518 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.133 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49518
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 24)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, 0.07, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 62.57, 89.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0075 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.133 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7365, 31.2660, 5.3327)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49518 #1837B4

analogous

#B44718 #B49518 #85B418

triadic

#B49518 #18B495 #9518B4

tetradic

#B49518 #18B447 #1837B4 #B41885

square

#B49518 #18B447 #1837B4 #B41885

split-complementary

#B49518 #1885B4 #4718B4

monochromatic

#483C0A #7E6811 #B49518 #E2BD27 #E9CE5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B49518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#B49518 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49518

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49518	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.133 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb364',
    500: '#b49518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49518;
$custom-light: #cfb364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.077,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67883,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49518

secondary

#5B71CD

accent

#5BF335

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49518

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

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