#B49523#B49523

#B49523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.129 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49523
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, 0.40, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 59.46, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.0057 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.129 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8750, 31.3214, 6.0619)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49523 #2342B4

analogous

#B44C23 #B49523 #8BB423

triadic

#B49523 #23B495 #9523B4

tetradic

#B49523 #23B44C #2342B4 #B4238B

square

#B49523 #23B44C #2342B4 #B4238B

split-complementary

#B49523 #238BB4 #4C23B4

monochromatic

#4E400F #816B19 #B49523 #D9B73B #E3CA6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B49523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#B49523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49523

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49523	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)

#A69305

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.129 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb368',
    500: '#b49523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49523;
$custom-light: #cfb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.172,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67935,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49523

secondary

#697EC9

accent

#62EA3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49523

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

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