#B49918#B49918

#B49918 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.136 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49918
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 24)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -2.09, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 63.47, 91.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0136 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.136 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3802, 32.5535, 5.5473)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49918 #1833B4

analogous

#B44B18 #B49918 #81B418

triadic

#B49918 #18B499 #9918B4

tetradic

#B49918 #18B44B #1833B4 #B41881

square

#B49918 #18B44B #1833B4 #B41881

split-complementary

#B49918 #1881B4 #4B18B4

monochromatic

#483D0A #7E6B11 #B49918 #E2C227 #E9D15D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B49918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#B49918 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49918

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49918	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.136 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb665',
    500: '#b49918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49918;
$custom-light: #cfb665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68726,
    "c": 0.13578,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49918

secondary

#5B6ECD

accent

#56F335

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49918

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

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