#B49416#B49416

#B49416 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.134 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49416
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 22)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, 0.57, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 62.83, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0062 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.134 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5589, 30.9429, 5.1746)
Luminance	0.3094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49416 #1636B4

analogous

#B44516 #B49416 #85B416

triadic

#B49416 #16B494 #9416B4

tetradic

#B49416 #16B445 #1636B4 #B41685

square

#B49416 #16B445 #1636B4 #B41685

split-complementary

#B49416 #1685B4 #4516B4

monochromatic

#473A09 #7D670F #B49416 #E4BD23 #EBCD5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#B49416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#B49416 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49416

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49416	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9B21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.134 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb363',
    500: '#b49416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49416;
$custom-light: #cfb363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.848,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67666,
    "c": 0.1335,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49416

secondary

#5870CE

accent

#5AF533

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49416

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

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