#B49422#B49422

#B49422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.129 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49422
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, 0.91, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 59.55, 89.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0043 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.129 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7028, 31.0005, 5.9323)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49422 #2242B4

analogous

#B44B22 #B49422 #8BB422

triadic

#B49422 #22B494 #9422B4

tetradic

#B49422 #22B44B #2242B4 #B4228B

square

#B49422 #22B44B #2242B4 #B4228B

split-complementary

#B49422 #228BB4 #4B22B4

monochromatic

#4D3F0F #816A18 #B49422 #DAB73A #E3C96D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#B49422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#B49422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49422

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49422	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)

#A59203

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.129 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb368',
    500: '#b49422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49422;
$custom-light: #cfb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6772,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49422

secondary

#687ECA

accent

#63EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49422

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

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