#B49515#B49515

#B49515 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.134 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49515
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 21)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 88.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 0.00, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 63.27, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.0079 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.134 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7070, 31.2542, 5.1773)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49515 #1534B4

analogous

#B44615 #B49515 #84B415

triadic

#B49515 #15B495 #9515B4

tetradic

#B49515 #15B446 #1534B4 #B41584

square

#B49515 #15B446 #1534B4 #B41584

split-complementary

#B49515 #1584B4 #4615B4

monochromatic

#463A08 #7D680F #B49515 #E5BF21 #ECCF58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B49515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#B49515 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49515

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49515	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.134 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb363',
    500: '#b49515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49515;
$custom-light: #cfb363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.302,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67872,
    "c": 0.13438,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49515

secondary

#566ECF

accent

#58F632

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49515

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

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