#B49528#B49528

#B49528 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.126 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49528
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 40)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 77.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, 0.59, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 57.78, 89.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0046 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.126 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9546, 31.3532, 6.4811)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49528 #2847B4

analogous

#B44F28 #B49528 #8DB428

triadic

#B49528 #28B495 #9528B4

tetradic

#B49528 #28B44F #2847B4 #B4288D

square

#B49528 #28B44F #2847B4 #B4288D

split-complementary

#B49528 #288DB4 #4F28B4

monochromatic

#504212 #826C1D #B49528 #D5B544 #E1C976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B49528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#B49528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49528

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49528	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)

#A69312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.126 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb36b',
    500: '#b49528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49528;
$custom-light: #cfb36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.714,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67964,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49528

secondary

#7083C8

accent

#66E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49528

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

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