#B49228#B49228

#B49228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.125 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49228
RGB	rgb(180, 146, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 77.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, 2.22, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 57.09, 87.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.125 90)
XYZ	xyz(29.4860, 30.4162, 6.3249)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49228 #284AB4

analogous

#B44C28 #B49228 #90B428

triadic

#B49228 #28B492 #9228B4

tetradic

#B49228 #28B44C #284AB4 #B42890

square

#B49228 #28B44C #284AB4 #B42890

split-complementary

#B49228 #2890B4 #4C28B4

monochromatic

#504112 #82691D #B49228 #D5B244 #E1C776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#B49228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#B49228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49228

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49228	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	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)

#A39013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 146, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.125 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb16a',
    500: '#b49228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49228;
$custom-light: #cfb16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67339,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.30414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49228

secondary

#7085C8

accent

#69E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49228

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

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