#B49123#B49123

#B49123 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.127 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49123
RGB	rgb(180, 145, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, 2.58, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 58.57, 87.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% 0.0005 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.127 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2530, 30.0774, 5.8545)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49123 #2346B4

analogous

#B44823 #B49123 #8FB423

triadic

#B49123 #23B491 #9123B4

tetradic

#B49123 #23B448 #2346B4 #B4238F

square

#B49123 #23B448 #2346B4 #B4238F

split-complementary

#B49123 #238FB4 #4823B4

monochromatic

#4E3E0F #816819 #B49123 #D9B33B #E3C76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#B49123 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#B49123 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49123

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49123	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49123	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49123;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 145, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.127 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb068',
    500: '#b49123',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49123;
$custom-light: #cfb068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49123",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67101,
    "c": 0.12662,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49123

secondary

#6981C9

accent

#67EA3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49123

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

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