#B49617#B49617

#B49617 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.134 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49617
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 23)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -0.49, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 63.03, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0092 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.134 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8852, 31.5797, 5.3319)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49617 #1735B4

analogous

#B44817 #B49617 #84B417

triadic

#B49617 #17B496 #9617B4

tetradic

#B49617 #17B448 #1735B4 #B41784

square

#B49617 #17B448 #1735B4 #B41784

split-complementary

#B49617 #1784B4 #4817B4

monochromatic

#473C09 #7E6910 #B49617 #E3BF25 #EACF5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B49617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#B49617 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49617

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49617	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.134 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb464',
    500: '#b49617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49617;
$custom-light: #cfb464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.535,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6809,
    "c": 0.1343,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49617

secondary

#596FCE

accent

#59F434

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49617

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

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