#B49B18#B49B18

#B49B18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.137 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B18
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 24)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -3.17, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 63.95, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0166 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.137 97)
XYZ	xyz(30.7103, 33.2137, 5.6573)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B18 #1831B4

analogous

#B44D18 #B49B18 #7FB418

triadic

#B49B18 #18B49B #9B18B4

tetradic

#B49B18 #18B44D #1831B4 #B4187F

square

#B49B18 #18B44D #1831B4 #B4187F

split-complementary

#B49B18 #187FB4 #4D18B4

monochromatic

#483E0A #7E6D11 #B49B18 #E2C427 #E9D35D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B49B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#B49B18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B18

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B18	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.137 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb865',
    500: '#b49b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b18;
$custom-light: #cfb865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.385,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6915,
    "c": 0.13708,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.33212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B18

secondary

#5B6DCD

accent

#53F335

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B18

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

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