#B49423#B49423

#B49423 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.128 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49423
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, 0.94, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 59.23, 89.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0041 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.128 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7174, 31.0063, 6.0094)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49423 #2343B4

analogous

#B44C23 #B49423 #8BB423

triadic

#B49423 #23B494 #9423B4

tetradic

#B49423 #23B44C #2343B4 #B4238B

square

#B49423 #23B44C #2343B4 #B4238B

split-complementary

#B49423 #238BB4 #4C23B4

monochromatic

#4E400F #816A19 #B49423 #D9B63B #E3C96E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#B49423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#B49423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49423

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49423	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)

#A59205

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.128 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb368',
    500: '#b49423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49423;
$custom-light: #cfb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.759,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67726,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49423

secondary

#697FC9

accent

#64EA3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49423

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

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