#B49216#B49216

#B49216 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.132 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49216
RGB	rgb(180, 146, 22)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, 1.66, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 62.43, 88.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0031 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.132 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2479, 30.3209, 5.0709)
Luminance	0.3032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49216 #1638B4

analogous

#B44316 #B49216 #87B416

triadic

#B49216 #16B492 #9216B4

tetradic

#B49216 #16B443 #1638B4 #B41687

square

#B49216 #16B443 #1638B4 #B41687

split-complementary

#B49216 #1687B4 #4316B4

monochromatic

#473A09 #7D660F #B49216 #E4BB23 #EBCC5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#B49216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#B49216 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49216

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49216	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 146, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.132 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb163',
    500: '#b49216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49216;
$custom-light: #cfb163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.089,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67249,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49216

secondary

#5871CE

accent

#5DF533

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49216

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

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