#B49715#B49715

#B49715 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.136 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49715
RGB	rgb(180, 151, 21)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 88.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -1.08, 63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 63.70, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.011 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.136 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0261, 31.8925, 5.2837)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49715 #1532B4

analogous

#B44815 #B49715 #81B415

triadic

#B49715 #15B497 #9715B4

tetradic

#B49715 #15B448 #1532B4 #B41581

square

#B49715 #15B448 #1532B4 #B41581

split-complementary

#B49715 #1581B4 #4815B4

monochromatic

#463B08 #7D690F #B49715 #E5C121 #ECD158

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B49715 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#B49715 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49715

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49715	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49715	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49715;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 151, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.136 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb563',
    500: '#b49715',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49715;
$custom-light: #cfb563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49715",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.057,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68293,
    "c": 0.13554,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49715

secondary

#566CCF

accent

#56F632

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49715

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

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