#B49024#B49024

#B49024 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 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49024
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 36)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 80%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, 3.16, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 58.03, 86.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% 0.0023 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.126 89)
XYZ	xyz(29.1159, 29.7791, 5.8831)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49024 #2448B4

analogous

#B44824 #B49024 #90B424

triadic

#B49024 #24B490 #9024B4

tetradic

#B49024 #24B448 #2448B4 #B42490

square

#B49024 #24B448 #2448B4 #B42490

split-complementary

#B49024 #2490B4 #4824B4

monochromatic

#4E3E10 #81671A #B49024 #D8B13D #E2C670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B49024 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#B49024 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B49024

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49024	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49024	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49024;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.126 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb068',
    500: '#b49024',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49024;
$custom-light: #cfb068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49024",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.669,
    "c": 0.12563,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.29777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49024

secondary

#6B82C9

accent

#69EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49024

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

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