#B49622#B49622

#B49622 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	#B49622
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, -0.18, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 60.01, 90.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0074 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.13 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0192, 31.6333, 6.0378)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49622 #2240B4

analogous

#B44D22 #B49622 #89B422

triadic

#B49622 #22B496 #9622B4

tetradic

#B49622 #22B44D #2240B4 #B42289

square

#B49622 #22B44D #2240B4 #B42289

split-complementary

#B49622 #2289B4 #4D22B4

monochromatic

#4D400F #816B18 #B49622 #DAB93A #E3CB6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B49622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#B49622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49622

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49622	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)

#A79301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.130 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb468',
    500: '#b49622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49622;
$custom-light: #cfb468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68139,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49622

secondary

#687CCA

accent

#61EB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49622

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

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