#B49023#B49023

#B49023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.126 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49023
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, 3.13, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 58.36, 86.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.0021 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.126 89)
XYZ	xyz(29.1008, 29.7731, 5.8038)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49023 #2347B4

analogous

#B44723 #B49023 #90B423

triadic

#B49023 #23B490 #9023B4

tetradic

#B49023 #23B447 #2347B4 #B42390

square

#B49023 #23B447 #2347B4 #B42390

split-complementary

#B49023 #2390B4 #4723B4

monochromatic

#4E3E0F #816719 #B49023 #D9B23B #E3C66E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B49023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#B49023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B49023

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49023	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)

#A28F08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.126 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb068',
    500: '#b49023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49023;
$custom-light: #cfb068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66894,
    "c": 0.12613,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.29771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49023

secondary

#6981C9

accent

#68EA3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49023

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

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