#B49221#B49221

#B49221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.128 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49221
RGB	rgb(180, 146, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.97, 1.96, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.97, 59.42, 88.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.0014 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.128 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3776, 30.3728, 5.7538)
Luminance	0.3037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49221 #2143B4

analogous

#B44821 #B49221 #8DB421

triadic

#B49221 #21B492 #9221B4

tetradic

#B49221 #21B448 #2143B4 #B4218D

square

#B49221 #21B448 #2143B4 #B4218D

split-complementary

#B49221 #218DB4 #4821B4

monochromatic

#4D3E0E #806818 #B49221 #DAB538 #E4C86B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#B49221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#B49221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49221

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49221	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)

#A49001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 146, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.128 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb167',
    500: '#b49221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49221;
$custom-light: #cfb167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.122,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67298,
    "c": 0.12809,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49221

secondary

#677ECA

accent

#65EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49221

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

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