#B49818#B49818

#B49818 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.135 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49818
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 24)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -1.55, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 63.24, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0121 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.135 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2173, 32.2275, 5.4929)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49818 #1834B4

analogous

#B44A18 #B49818 #82B418

triadic

#B49818 #18B498 #9818B4

tetradic

#B49818 #18B44A #1834B4 #B41882

square

#B49818 #18B44A #1834B4 #B41882

split-complementary

#B49818 #1882B4 #4A18B4

monochromatic

#483D0A #7E6A11 #B49818 #E2C127 #E9D05D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B49818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#B49818 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49818

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49818	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.135 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb565',
    500: '#b49818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49818;
$custom-light: #cfb565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68515,
    "c": 0.13516,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49818

secondary

#5B6FCD

accent

#57F335

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49818

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

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