#B49022#B49022

#B49022 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.127 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49022
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, 3.09, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 58.69, 86.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.0019 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.127 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0862, 29.7673, 5.7268)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49022 #2246B4

analogous

#B44722 #B49022 #8FB422

triadic

#B49022 #22B490 #9022B4

tetradic

#B49022 #22B447 #2246B4 #B4228F

square

#B49022 #22B447 #2246B4 #B4228F

split-complementary

#B49022 #228FB4 #4722B4

monochromatic

#4D3E0F #816718 #B49022 #DAB23A #E3C66D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B49022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#B49022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B49022

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49022	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)

#A28F05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.127 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb067',
    500: '#b49022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49022;
$custom-light: #cfb067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66888,
    "c": 0.12661,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49022

secondary

#6880CA

accent

#68EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49022

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

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