#B49020#B49020

#B49020 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.128 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49020
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 32)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 82.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, 3.03, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 59.32, 87.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.0015 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.128 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0582, 29.7561, 5.5792)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49020 #2044B4

analogous

#B44620 #B49020 #8EB420

triadic

#B49020 #20B490 #9020B4

tetradic

#B49020 #20B446 #2044B4 #B4208E

square

#B49020 #20B446 #2044B4 #B4208E

split-complementary

#B49020 #208EB4 #4620B4

monochromatic

#4C3D0E #806617 #B49020 #DBB336 #E4C76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B49020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#B49020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B49020

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49020	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.128 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb067',
    500: '#b49020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49020;
$custom-light: #cfb067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66877,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49020

secondary

#667ECA

accent

#66ED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49020

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

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