#B49718#B49718

#B49718 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.135 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49718
RGB	rgb(180, 151, 24)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, -1.01, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 63.01, 90.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.0106 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.135 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0556, 31.9043, 5.4391)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49718 #1835B4

analogous

#B44918 #B49718 #83B418

triadic

#B49718 #18B497 #9718B4

tetradic

#B49718 #18B449 #1835B4 #B41883

square

#B49718 #18B449 #1835B4 #B41883

split-complementary

#B49718 #1883B4 #4918B4

monochromatic

#483C0A #7E6A11 #B49718 #E2BF27 #E9CF5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B49718 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#B49718 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49718

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49718	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49718	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)

#B09D23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49718;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 151, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.135 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb564',
    500: '#b49718',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49718;
$custom-light: #cfb564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49718",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.846,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68304,
    "c": 0.13455,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49718

secondary

#5B70CD

accent

#58F335

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49718

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

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