#B49623#B49623

#B49623 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.129 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49623
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, -0.14, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 59.69, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0072 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.129 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0339, 31.6392, 6.1148)
Luminance	0.3164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49623 #2341B4

analogous

#B44D23 #B49623 #8AB423

triadic

#B49623 #23B496 #9623B4

tetradic

#B49623 #23B44D #2341B4 #B4238A

square

#B49623 #23B44D #2341B4 #B4238A

split-complementary

#B49623 #238AB4 #4D23B4

monochromatic

#4E410F #816B19 #B49623 #D9B83B #E3CB6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B49623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#B49623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49623

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49623	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)

#A79304

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.129 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb469',
    500: '#b49623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49623;
$custom-light: #cfb469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68144,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49623

secondary

#697DC9

accent

#61EA3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49623

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

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