#B49616#B49616

#B49616 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	#B49616
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -0.52, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 63.26, 90.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0093 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.135 94)
XYZ	xyz(29.8754, 31.5758, 5.2801)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49616 #1634B4

analogous

#B44716 #B49616 #83B416

triadic

#B49616 #16B496 #9616B4

tetradic

#B49616 #16B447 #1634B4 #B41683

square

#B49616 #16B447 #1634B4 #B41683

split-complementary

#B49616 #1683B4 #4716B4

monochromatic

#473B09 #7D690F #B49616 #E4BF23 #EBCF5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B49616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#B49616 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49616

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49616	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: #b49616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.135 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb464',
    500: '#b49616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49616;
$custom-light: #cfb464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.608,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68086,
    "c": 0.13463,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.31574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49616

secondary

#586ECE

accent

#58F533

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49616

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

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