#B49223#B49223

#B49223 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.127 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49223
RGB	rgb(180, 146, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, 2.03, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 58.78, 88.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.001 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.127 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4064, 30.3843, 5.9057)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49223 #2345B4

analogous

#B44A23 #B49223 #8EB423

triadic

#B49223 #23B492 #9223B4

tetradic

#B49223 #23B44A #2345B4 #B4238E

square

#B49223 #23B44A #2345B4 #B4238E

split-complementary

#B49223 #238EB4 #4A23B4

monochromatic

#4E3F0F #816819 #B49223 #D9B43B #E3C86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#B49223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#B49223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49223

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49223	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)

#A39007

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 146, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.127 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb168',
    500: '#b49223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49223;
$custom-light: #cfb168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.931,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67309,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49223

secondary

#6980C9

accent

#66EA3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49223

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

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