#B49C18#B49C18

#B49C18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.138 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C18
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 24)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -3.70, 64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 64.20, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0181 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.138 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8774, 33.5479, 5.7130)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C18 #1830B4

analogous

#B44E18 #B49C18 #7EB418

triadic

#B49C18 #18B49C #9C18B4

tetradic

#B49C18 #18B44E #1830B4 #B4187E

square

#B49C18 #18B44E #1830B4 #B4187E

split-complementary

#B49C18 #187EB4 #4E18B4

monochromatic

#483E0A #7E6D11 #B49C18 #E2C527 #E9D45D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B49C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B49C18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C18

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C18	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.138 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb865',
    500: '#b49c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c18;
$custom-light: #cfb865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69363,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C18

secondary

#5B6CCD

accent

#52F335

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C18

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

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