#B49621#B49621

#B49621 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.130 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49621
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 33)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -0.21, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 60.32, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0076 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.13 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0050, 31.6276, 5.9629)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49621 #213FB4

analogous

#B44D21 #B49621 #89B421

triadic

#B49621 #21B496 #9621B4

tetradic

#B49621 #21B44D #213FB4 #B42189

square

#B49621 #21B44D #213FB4 #B42189

split-complementary

#B49621 #2189B4 #4D21B4

monochromatic

#4D400E #806B18 #B49621 #DAB938 #E4CB6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B49621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#B49621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49621

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49621	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.130 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb468',
    500: '#b49621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49621;
$custom-light: #cfb468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68134,
    "c": 0.13031,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49621

secondary

#677BCA

accent

#60EC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49621

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

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