#B49525#B49525

#B49525 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.128 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49525
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 37)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 79.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, 0.47, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 58.81, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% -0.0053 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.128 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9055, 31.3336, 6.2227)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49525 #2544B4

analogous

#B44D25 #B49525 #8CB425

triadic

#B49525 #25B495 #9525B4

tetradic

#B49525 #25B44D #2544B4 #B4258C

square

#B49525 #25B44D #2544B4 #B4258C

split-complementary

#B49525 #258CB4 #4D25B4

monochromatic

#4E4110 #816B1B #B49525 #D7B63F #E2CA71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B49525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#B49525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49525

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49525	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6930B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.128 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb369',
    500: '#b49525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49525;
$custom-light: #cfb369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.993,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67946,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49525

secondary

#6C80C9

accent

#64E93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49525

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

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