#B49017#B49017

#B49017 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.131 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49017
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 23)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, 2.77, 61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 61.80, 87.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% 0.0001 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.131 90)
XYZ	xyz(28.9522, 29.7137, 5.0208)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49017 #173BB4

analogous

#B44117 #B49017 #8AB417

triadic

#B49017 #17B490 #9017B4

tetradic

#B49017 #17B441 #173BB4 #B4178A

square

#B49017 #17B441 #173BB4 #B4178A

split-complementary

#B49017 #178AB4 #4117B4

monochromatic

#473909 #7E6510 #B49017 #E3B825 #EAC95B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B49017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#B49017 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B49017

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49017	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	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)

#AB9821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.131 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb063',
    500: '#b49017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49017;
$custom-light: #cfb063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.242,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66837,
    "c": 0.13112,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.29712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49017

secondary

#5974CE

accent

#60F434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49017

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

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