#B49421#B49421

#B49421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.129 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49421
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, 0.87, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 59.86, 89.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0045 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.129 92)
XYZ	xyz(29.6886, 30.9948, 5.8574)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49421 #2141B4

analogous

#B44B21 #B49421 #8BB421

triadic

#B49421 #21B494 #9421B4

tetradic

#B49421 #21B44B #2141B4 #B4218B

square

#B49421 #21B44B #2141B4 #B4218B

split-complementary

#B49421 #218BB4 #4B21B4

monochromatic

#4D3F0E #806918 #B49421 #DAB738 #E4CA6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#B49421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#B49421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49421

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49421	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.129 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb367',
    500: '#b49421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49421;
$custom-light: #cfb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.939,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67715,
    "c": 0.12916,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.30993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49421

secondary

#677CCA

accent

#62EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49421

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

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