#B49D18#B49D18

#B49D18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.138 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D18
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 24)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -4.24, 64.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 64.45, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0196 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.138 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0459, 33.8849, 5.7692)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D18 #182FB4

analogous

#B44F18 #B49D18 #7DB418

triadic

#B49D18 #18B49D #9D18B4

tetradic

#B49D18 #18B44F #182FB4 #B4187D

square

#B49D18 #18B44F #182FB4 #B4187D

split-complementary

#B49D18 #187DB4 #4F18B4

monochromatic

#483F0A #7E6E11 #B49D18 #E2C727 #E9D55D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B49D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B49D18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D18

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D18	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.138 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb965',
    500: '#b49d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d18;
$custom-light: #cfb965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.154,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69576,
    "c": 0.13844,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D18

secondary

#5B6BCD

accent

#51F335

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D18

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

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