#B49219#B49219

#B49219 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.131 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49219
RGB	rgb(180, 146, 25)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 86.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, 1.73, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 61.69, 88.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.0027 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.131 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2786, 30.3332, 5.2323)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49219 #193BB4

analogous

#B44519 #B49219 #88B419

triadic

#B49219 #19B492 #9219B4

tetradic

#B49219 #19B445 #193BB4 #B41988

square

#B49219 #19B445 #193BB4 #B41988

split-complementary

#B49219 #1988B4 #4519B4

monochromatic

#493B0A #7E6612 #B49219 #E1B929 #E9CA5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#B49219 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#B49219 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49219

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49219	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49219	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49219;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 146, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.131 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb164',
    500: '#b49219',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49219;
$custom-light: #cfb164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49219",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.839,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6726,
    "c": 0.1314,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49219

secondary

#5C75CD

accent

#5FF236

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49219

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

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