#B49529#B49529

#B49529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.126 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49529
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, 0.63, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 57.43, 89.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% -0.0044 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.126 92)
XYZ	xyz(29.9718, 31.3601, 6.5719)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49529 #2948B4

analogous

#B45029 #B49529 #8DB429

triadic

#B49529 #29B495 #9529B4

tetradic

#B49529 #29B450 #2948B4 #B4298D

square

#B49529 #29B450 #2948B4 #B4298D

split-complementary

#B49529 #298DB4 #5029B4

monochromatic

#504212 #826C1E #B49529 #D5B545 #E0C977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B49529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#B49529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49529

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49529	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)

#A69314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.126 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb36b',
    500: '#b49529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49529;
$custom-light: #cfb36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67971,
    "c": 0.12565,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.31358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49529

secondary

#7184C8

accent

#66E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49529

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

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