#B49619#B49619

#B49619 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.134 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49619
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 25)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 86.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -0.44, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 62.54, 90.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0089 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.134 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9060, 31.5880, 5.4414)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49619 #1937B4

analogous

#B44819 #B49619 #85B419

triadic

#B49619 #19B496 #9619B4

tetradic

#B49619 #19B448 #1937B4 #B41985

square

#B49619 #19B448 #1937B4 #B41985

split-complementary

#B49619 #1985B4 #4819B4

monochromatic

#493C0A #7E6912 #B49619 #E1BE29 #E9CE5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B49619 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#B49619 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49619

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49619	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49619	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)

#AF9C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49619;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.134 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb465',
    500: '#b49619',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49619;
$custom-light: #cfb465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49619",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68097,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49619

secondary

#5C72CD

accent

#5AF236

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49619

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

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