#B49517#B49517

#B49517 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	#B49517
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 23)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, 0.05, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 62.81, 89.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0076 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.134 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7263, 31.2619, 5.2789)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49517 #1736B4

analogous

#B44717 #B49517 #84B417

triadic

#B49517 #17B495 #9517B4

tetradic

#B49517 #17B447 #1736B4 #B41784

square

#B49517 #17B447 #1736B4 #B41784

split-complementary

#B49517 #1784B4 #4717B4

monochromatic

#473B09 #7E6810 #B49517 #E3BE25 #EACE5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B49517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#B49517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49517

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49517	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)

#AE9C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.134 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb364',
    500: '#b49517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49517;
$custom-light: #cfb364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.153,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6788,
    "c": 0.13373,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49517

secondary

#5970CE

accent

#5AF434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49517

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

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