#B49224#B49224

#B49224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.127 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49224
RGB	rgb(180, 146, 36)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 80%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, 2.07, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 58.46, 87.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0008 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.127 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4215, 30.3904, 5.9850)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49224 #2446B4

analogous

#B44A24 #B49224 #8EB424

triadic

#B49224 #24B492 #9224B4

tetradic

#B49224 #24B44A #2446B4 #B4248E

square

#B49224 #24B44A #2446B4 #B4248E

split-complementary

#B49224 #248EB4 #4A24B4

monochromatic

#4E3F10 #81691A #B49224 #D8B43D #E2C770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#B49224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#B49224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49224

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49224	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)

#A3900A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 146, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.127 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb169',
    500: '#b49224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49224;
$custom-light: #cfb169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67314,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49224

secondary

#6B81C9

accent

#67EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49224

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

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