#B49521#B49521

#B49521 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.130 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49521
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, 0.33, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 60.08, 89.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.006 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.13 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8461, 31.3098, 5.9099)
Luminance	0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49521 #2140B4

analogous

#B44C21 #B49521 #8AB421

triadic

#B49521 #21B495 #9521B4

tetradic

#B49521 #21B44C #2140B4 #B4218A

square

#B49521 #21B44C #2140B4 #B4218A

split-complementary

#B49521 #218AB4 #4C21B4

monochromatic

#4D3F0E #806A18 #B49521 #DAB838 #E4CB6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B49521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#B49521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49521

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49521	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.130 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb368',
    500: '#b49521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49521;
$custom-light: #cfb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.347,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67924,
    "c": 0.12972,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49521

secondary

#677CCA

accent

#61EC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49521

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

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