#B49417#B49417

#B49417 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.133 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49417
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 23)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, 0.59, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 62.60, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0061 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.133 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5688, 30.9469, 5.2264)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49417 #1737B4

analogous

#B44617 #B49417 #85B417

triadic

#B49417 #17B494 #9417B4

tetradic

#B49417 #17B446 #1737B4 #B41785

square

#B49417 #17B446 #1737B4 #B41785

split-complementary

#B49417 #1785B4 #4617B4

monochromatic

#473B09 #7E6710 #B49417 #E3BC25 #EACD5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#B49417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#B49417 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49417

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49417	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)

#AD9B22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.133 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb364',
    500: '#b49417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49417;
$custom-light: #cfb364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.771,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6767,
    "c": 0.13317,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49417

secondary

#5971CE

accent

#5BF434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49417

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

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