#B49117#B49117

#B49117 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.132 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49117
RGB	rgb(180, 145, 23)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, 2.23, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 61.99, 87.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.0015 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.132 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1043, 30.0179, 5.0716)
Luminance	0.3002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49117 #173AB4

analogous

#B44217 #B49117 #89B417

triadic

#B49117 #17B491 #9117B4

tetradic

#B49117 #17B442 #173AB4 #B41789

square

#B49117 #17B442 #173AB4 #B41789

split-complementary

#B49117 #1789B4 #4217B4

monochromatic

#473A09 #7E6510 #B49117 #E3B925 #EACA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#B49117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#B49117 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49117

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49117	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 145, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.132 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb063',
    500: '#b49117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49117;
$custom-light: #cfb063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.624,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67044,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49117

secondary

#5973CE

accent

#5FF434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49117

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

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