#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
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 1.17, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 57.19, 88.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0029 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.125 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8143, 31.0451, 6.5193)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##B49429	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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