#B49526#B49526

#B49526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.127 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49526
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 38)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 78.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, 0.51, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 58.47, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% -0.0051 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.127 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9214, 31.3400, 6.3066)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49526 #2645B4

analogous

#B44E26 #B49526 #8CB426

triadic

#B49526 #26B495 #9526B4

tetradic

#B49526 #26B44E #2645B4 #B4268C

square

#B49526 #26B44E #2645B4 #B4268C

split-complementary

#B49526 #268CB4 #4E26B4

monochromatic

#4F4111 #816B1B #B49526 #D7B640 #E1C973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B49526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#B49526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49526

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49526	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)

#A6930D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.127 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb36a',
    500: '#b49526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49526;
$custom-light: #cfb36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.901,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67952,
    "c": 0.12727,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49526

secondary

#6D81C9

accent

#64E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49526

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

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