#B49226#B49226

#B49226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.126 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49226
RGB	rgb(180, 146, 38)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 78.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, 2.14, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 57.78, 87.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.0004 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.126 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4529, 30.4029, 6.1504)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49226 #2648B4

analogous

#B44B26 #B49226 #8FB426

triadic

#B49226 #26B492 #9226B4

tetradic

#B49226 #26B44B #2648B4 #B4268F

square

#B49226 #26B44B #2648B4 #B4268F

split-complementary

#B49226 #268FB4 #4B26B4

monochromatic

#4F4011 #81691B #B49226 #D7B340 #E1C773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#B49226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#B49226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49226

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49226	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)

#A3900F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 146, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.126 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb16a',
    500: '#b49226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49226;
$custom-light: #cfb16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67326,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49226

secondary

#6D83C9

accent

#68E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49226

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

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