#B49429#B49429

#B49429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.125 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B49429
RGBrgb(180, 148, 41)
HSLhsl(46, 63%, 43%)
HSVhsv(46, 77%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17.8%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(62.55, 1.17, 57.18)
CIE-LCHlch(62.55, 57.19, 88.83°)
OKLaboklab(67.76% -0.0029 0.125)
OKLCHoklch(67.76% 0.125 91.3)
XYZxyz(29.8143, 31.0451, 6.5193)
Luminance0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B49429 #2949B4
analogous
#B44E29 #B49429 #8EB429
triadic
#B49429 #29B494 #9429B4
tetradic
#B49429 #29B44E #2949B4 #B4298E
square
#B49429 #29B44E #2949B4 #B4298E
split-complementary
#B49429 #298EB4 #4E29B4
monochromatic
#504212 #826B1E #B49429 #D5B445 #E0C877

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91
#B49429 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21
#B49429 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49429
7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B49429#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B494291.002.917.217.21
#FFFFFF2.911.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2121.001.001.00
##0000007.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A59215
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AD9B2F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C3877F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b49429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.125 91.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb36b',
    500: '#b49429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b49429;
$custom-light: #cfb36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b49429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67762,
    "c": 0.12507,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B49429
secondary
#7185C8
accent
#68E642
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FAF5EC
border
#D3CFC7
text
#141007
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49429

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#B49429 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva