#B49426#B49426

#B49426 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.127 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49426
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 38)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 78.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, 1.05, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 58.24, 88.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0035 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.127 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7639, 31.0249, 6.2541)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49426 #2646B4

analogous

#B44D26 #B49426 #8DB426

triadic

#B49426 #26B494 #9426B4

tetradic

#B49426 #26B44D #2646B4 #B4268D

square

#B49426 #26B44D #2646B4 #B4268D

split-complementary

#B49426 #268DB4 #4D26B4

monochromatic

#4F4111 #816A1B #B49426 #D7B540 #E1C973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#B49426 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#B49426 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49426

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49426	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49426	1.00	2.91	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.91	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)

#A5920E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49426;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.127 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb36a',
    500: '#b49426',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49426;
$custom-light: #cfb36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49426",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67743,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49426

secondary

#6D82C9

accent

#66E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49426

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

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