#B49424#B49424

#B49424 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	#B49424
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 36)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 80%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, 0.98, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 58.90, 89.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0039 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.128 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7325, 31.0123, 6.0887)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49424 #2444B4

analogous

#B44C24 #B49424 #8CB424

triadic

#B49424 #24B494 #9424B4

tetradic

#B49424 #24B44C #2444B4 #B4248C

square

#B49424 #24B44C #2444B4 #B4248C

split-complementary

#B49424 #248CB4 #4C24B4

monochromatic

#4E4010 #816A1A #B49424 #D8B63D #E2C970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#B49424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#B49424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49424

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49424	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)

#A59208

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.128 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb369',
    500: '#b49424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49424;
$custom-light: #cfb369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67731,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49424

secondary

#6B80C9

accent

#64EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49424

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

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