#B49015#B49015

#B49015 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.132 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49015
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 21)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 88.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 2.73, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 62.27, 87.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0002 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.132 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9329, 29.7059, 4.9193)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49015 #1539B4

analogous

#B44115 #B49015 #89B415

triadic

#B49015 #15B490 #9015B4

tetradic

#B49015 #15B441 #1539B4 #B41589

square

#B49015 #15B441 #1539B4 #B41589

split-complementary

#B49015 #1589B4 #4115B4

monochromatic

#463808 #7D640F #B49015 #E5B921 #ECCA58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#B49015 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#B49015 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B49015

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49015	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49015	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB981F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49015;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.132 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb062',
    500: '#b49015',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49015;
$custom-light: #cfb062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49015",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66829,
    "c": 0.13178,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49015

secondary

#5671CF

accent

#5EF632

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49015

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

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