#B49516#B49516

#B49516 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.134 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49516
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 22)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 0.03, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 63.04, 89.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0078 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.134 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7165, 31.2580, 5.2271)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49516 #1635B4

analogous

#B44616 #B49516 #84B416

triadic

#B49516 #16B495 #9516B4

tetradic

#B49516 #16B446 #1635B4 #B41684

square

#B49516 #16B446 #1635B4 #B41684

split-complementary

#B49516 #1684B4 #4616B4

monochromatic

#473B09 #7D680F #B49516 #E4BE23 #EBCE5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B49516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#B49516 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49516

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49516	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)

#AE9C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.134 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb363',
    500: '#b49516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49516;
$custom-light: #cfb363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.228,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67876,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49516

secondary

#586FCE

accent

#59F533

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49516

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

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