#B49317#B49317

#B49317 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.133 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49317
RGB	rgb(180, 147, 23)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, 1.14, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 62.39, 88.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0046 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.133 92)
XYZ	xyz(29.4126, 30.6345, 5.1743)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49317 #1738B4

analogous

#B44517 #B49317 #86B417

triadic

#B49317 #17B493 #9317B4

tetradic

#B49317 #17B445 #1738B4 #B41786

square

#B49317 #17B445 #1738B4 #B41786

split-complementary

#B49317 #1786B4 #4517B4

monochromatic

#473A09 #7E6710 #B49317 #E3BB25 #EACC5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#B49317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#B49317 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49317

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49317	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 147, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.133 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb263',
    500: '#b49317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49317;
$custom-light: #cfb263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.389,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67461,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.30633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49317

secondary

#5972CE

accent

#5CF434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49317

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

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