#B49615#B49615

#B49615 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.135 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49615
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 21)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 88.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -0.54, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 63.48, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.0094 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.135 94)
XYZ	xyz(29.8659, 31.5720, 5.2303)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49615 #1533B4

analogous

#B44615 #B49615 #83B415

triadic

#B49615 #15B496 #9615B4

tetradic

#B49615 #15B446 #1533B4 #B41583

square

#B49615 #15B446 #1533B4 #B41583

split-complementary

#B49615 #1583B4 #4615B4

monochromatic

#463B08 #7D680F #B49615 #E5C021 #ECD058

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B49615 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#B49615 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49615

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49615	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49615	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49615;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.135 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb463',
    500: '#b49615',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49615;
$custom-light: #cfb463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49615",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68082,
    "c": 0.13495,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.3157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49615

secondary

#566DCF

accent

#57F632

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49615

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

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