#B49321#B49321

#B49321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.129 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49321
RGB	rgb(180, 147, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, 1.42, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 59.64, 88.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.0029 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.129 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5324, 30.6824, 5.8054)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49321 #2142B4

analogous

#B44A21 #B49321 #8BB421

triadic

#B49321 #21B493 #9321B4

tetradic

#B49321 #21B44A #2142B4 #B4218B

square

#B49321 #21B44A #2142B4 #B4218B

split-complementary

#B49321 #218BB4 #4A21B4

monochromatic

#4D3F0E #806918 #B49321 #DAB638 #E4C96B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#B49321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#B49321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49321

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49321	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49101

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 147, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.129 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb267',
    500: '#b49321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49321;
$custom-light: #cfb267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67506,
    "c": 0.12861,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49321

secondary

#677DCA

accent

#63EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49321

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

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