#B49021#B49021

#B49021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.127 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49021
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 33)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, 3.06, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 59.00, 87.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.0017 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.127 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0720, 29.7616, 5.6519)
Luminance	0.2976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49021 #2145B4

analogous

#B44721 #B49021 #8FB421

triadic

#B49021 #21B490 #9021B4

tetradic

#B49021 #21B447 #2145B4 #B4218F

square

#B49021 #21B447 #2145B4 #B4218F

split-complementary

#B49021 #218FB4 #4721B4

monochromatic

#4D3D0E #806718 #B49021 #DAB338 #E4C66B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B49021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#B49021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B49021

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49021	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)

#A28F03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.127 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb067',
    500: '#b49021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49021;
$custom-light: #cfb067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66883,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49021

secondary

#677FCA

accent

#67EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49021

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

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