#B49225#B49225

#B49225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.126 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49225
RGB	rgb(180, 146, 37)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 79.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, 2.10, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 58.12, 87.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0006 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.126 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4370, 30.3965, 6.0666)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49225 #2547B4

analogous

#B44A25 #B49225 #8FB425

triadic

#B49225 #25B492 #9225B4

tetradic

#B49225 #25B44A #2547B4 #B4258F

square

#B49225 #25B44A #2547B4 #B4258F

split-complementary

#B49225 #258FB4 #4A25B4

monochromatic

#4E4010 #81691B #B49225 #D7B33F #E2C771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#B49225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#B49225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49225

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49225	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)

#A3900D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 146, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.126 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb169',
    500: '#b49225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49225;
$custom-light: #cfb169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6732,
    "c": 0.12613,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49225

secondary

#6C82C9

accent

#67E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49225

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

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