#B49527#B49527

#B49527 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.127 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49527
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 39)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, 0.55, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 58.13, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0049 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.127 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9378, 31.3465, 6.3927)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49527 #2746B4

analogous

#B44F27 #B49527 #8CB427

triadic

#B49527 #27B495 #9527B4

tetradic

#B49527 #27B44F #2746B4 #B4278C

square

#B49527 #27B44F #2746B4 #B4278C

split-complementary

#B49527 #278CB4 #4F27B4

monochromatic

#4F4211 #826B1C #B49527 #D6B642 #E1C974

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B49527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#B49527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49527

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49527	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)

#A69310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.127 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb36a',
    500: '#b49527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49527;
$custom-light: #cfb36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.809,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67958,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49527

secondary

#6F82C8

accent

#65E740

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49527

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

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