#B49519#B49519

#B49519 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.133 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49519
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 25)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 86.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, 0.10, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 62.32, 89.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0074 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.133 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7471, 31.2702, 5.3885)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49519 #1938B4

analogous

#B44719 #B49519 #85B419

triadic

#B49519 #19B495 #9519B4

tetradic

#B49519 #19B447 #1938B4 #B41985

square

#B49519 #19B447 #1938B4 #B41985

split-complementary

#B49519 #1985B4 #4719B4

monochromatic

#493C0A #7E6912 #B49519 #E1BC29 #E9CD5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B49519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#B49519 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49519

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49519	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)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.133 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb364',
    500: '#b49519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49519;
$custom-light: #cfb364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67887,
    "c": 0.13302,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49519

secondary

#5C73CD

accent

#5BF236

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49519

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

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