#B4981A#B4981A

#B4981A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.134 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4981A
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 26)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 85.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, -1.50, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 62.75, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0118 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.134 95)
XYZ	xyz(30.2388, 32.2362, 5.6066)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4981A #1A36B4

analogous

#B44B1A #B4981A #83B41A

triadic

#B4981A #1AB498 #981AB4

tetradic

#B4981A #1AB44B #1A36B4 #B41A83

square

#B4981A #1AB44B #1A36B4 #B41A83

split-complementary

#B4981A #1A83B4 #4B1AB4

monochromatic

#493E0B #7F6B12 #B4981A #E0BF2B #E8CF60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B4981A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#B4981A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4981A

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4981A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4981A	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)

#B09D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4981a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.134 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb565',
    500: '#b4981a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4981a;
$custom-light: #cfb565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4981a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68523,
    "c": 0.13444,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.32234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4981A

secondary

#5D72CC

accent

#58F136

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4981A

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

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