#B49019#B49019

#B49019 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.130 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49019
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 25)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 86.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, 2.82, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 61.30, 87.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% 0.0004 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.13 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9730, 29.7220, 5.1304)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49019 #193DB4

analogous

#B44319 #B49019 #8AB419

triadic

#B49019 #19B490 #9019B4

tetradic

#B49019 #19B443 #193DB4 #B4198A

square

#B49019 #19B443 #193DB4 #B4198A

split-complementary

#B49019 #198AB4 #4319B4

monochromatic

#493A0A #7E6512 #B49019 #E1B629 #E9C95F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B49019 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#B49019 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B49019

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49019	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49019	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)

#AB9822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49019;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.130 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb064',
    500: '#b49019',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49019;
$custom-light: #cfb064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49019",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.065,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66845,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49019

secondary

#5C76CD

accent

#61F236

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49019

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

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