#B49229#B49229

#B49229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.124 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49229
RGB	rgb(180, 146, 41)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, 2.26, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 56.73, 87.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% 0.0002 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.124 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5033, 30.4231, 6.4157)
Luminance	0.3042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49229 #294BB4

analogous

#B44C29 #B49229 #90B429

triadic

#B49229 #29B492 #9229B4

tetradic

#B49229 #29B44C #294BB4 #B42990

square

#B49229 #29B44C #294BB4 #B42990

split-complementary

#B49229 #2990B4 #4C29B4

monochromatic

#504112 #826A1E #B49229 #D5B245 #E0C677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#B49229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#B49229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49229

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49229	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)

#A39015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 146, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.124 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb16b',
    500: '#b49229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49229;
$custom-light: #cfb16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67345,
    "c": 0.12398,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49229

secondary

#7186C8

accent

#6AE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49229

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

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