#B4981F#B4981F

#B4981F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.132 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4981F
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 31)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 82.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -1.36, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 61.39, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.011 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.132 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2997, 32.2605, 5.9270)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4981F #1F3BB4

analogous

#B44E1F #B4981F #86B41F

triadic

#B4981F #1FB498 #981FB4

tetradic

#B4981F #1FB44E #1F3BB4 #B41F86

square

#B4981F #1FB44E #1F3BB4 #B41F86

split-complementary

#B4981F #1F86B4 #4E1FB4

monochromatic

#4C400D #806C16 #B4981F #DCBD34 #E5CE68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B4981F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#B4981F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4981F

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4981F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4981F	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)

#B09E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4981f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.132 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb567',
    500: '#b4981f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4981f;
$custom-light: #cfb567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4981f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.725,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68545,
    "c": 0.13242,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4981F

secondary

#6477CB

accent

#5CED3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4981F

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

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