#B49222#B49222

#B49222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.128 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49222
RGB	rgb(180, 146, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, 2.00, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 59.11, 88.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.0012 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.128 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3918, 30.3785, 5.8286)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49222 #2244B4

analogous

#B44922 #B49222 #8DB422

triadic

#B49222 #22B492 #9222B4

tetradic

#B49222 #22B449 #2244B4 #B4228D

square

#B49222 #22B449 #2244B4 #B4228D

split-complementary

#B49222 #228DB4 #4922B4

monochromatic

#4D3E0F #816818 #B49222 #DAB43A #E3C86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#B49222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#B49222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49222

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49222	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 146, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.128 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb168',
    500: '#b49222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49222;
$custom-light: #cfb168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67303,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49222

secondary

#687FCA

accent

#65EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49222

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

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