#B49716#B49716

#B49716 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.135 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49716
RGB	rgb(180, 151, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, -1.06, 63.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 63.48, 90.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.0108 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.135 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0356, 31.8963, 5.3335)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49716 #1633B4

analogous

#B44816 #B49716 #82B416

triadic

#B49716 #16B497 #9716B4

tetradic

#B49716 #16B448 #1633B4 #B41682

square

#B49716 #16B448 #1633B4 #B41682

split-complementary

#B49716 #1682B4 #4816B4

monochromatic

#473C09 #7D690F #B49716 #E4C123 #EBD05A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B49716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#B49716 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49716

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49716	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)

#B09D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 151, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.135 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb564',
    500: '#b49716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49716;
$custom-light: #cfb564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.987,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68296,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49716

secondary

#586DCE

accent

#57F533

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49716

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

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