#B49217#B49217

#B49217 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.132 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49217
RGB	rgb(180, 146, 23)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, 1.68, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 62.19, 88.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.003 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.132 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2578, 30.3249, 5.1227)
Luminance	0.3032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49217 #1739B4

analogous

#B44317 #B49217 #88B417

triadic

#B49217 #17B492 #9217B4

tetradic

#B49217 #17B443 #1739B4 #B41788

square

#B49217 #17B443 #1739B4 #B41788

split-complementary

#B49217 #1788B4 #4317B4

monochromatic

#473A09 #7E6610 #B49217 #E3BA25 #EACB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#B49217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#B49217 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49217

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49217	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)

#AC9A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 146, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.132 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb163',
    500: '#b49217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49217;
$custom-light: #cfb163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.006,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67252,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49217

secondary

#5972CE

accent

#5DF434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49217

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

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