#B49522#B49522

#B49522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.129 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49522
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, 0.36, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 59.77, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0059 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.129 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8603, 31.3155, 5.9848)
Luminance	0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49522 #2241B4

analogous

#B44C22 #B49522 #8AB422

triadic

#B49522 #22B495 #9522B4

tetradic

#B49522 #22B44C #2241B4 #B4228A

square

#B49522 #22B44C #2241B4 #B4228A

split-complementary

#B49522 #228AB4 #4C22B4

monochromatic

#4D400F #816A18 #B49522 #DAB83A #E3CA6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B49522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#B49522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49522

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49522	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)

#A69302

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.129 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb368',
    500: '#b49522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49522;
$custom-light: #cfb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.26,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67929,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49522

secondary

#687DCA

accent

#62EB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49522

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

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