#B49723#B49723

#B49723 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.130 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49723
RGB	rgb(180, 151, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -0.69, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 59.93, 90.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0088 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.13 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1941, 31.9597, 6.1683)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49723 #2340B4

analogous

#B44F23 #B49723 #89B423

triadic

#B49723 #23B497 #9723B4

tetradic

#B49723 #23B44F #2340B4 #B42389

square

#B49723 #23B44F #2340B4 #B42389

split-complementary

#B49723 #2389B4 #4F23B4

monochromatic

#4E410F #816C19 #B49723 #D9B93B #E3CC6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B49723 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#B49723 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49723

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49723	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49723	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49723;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 151, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.130 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb569',
    500: '#b49723',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49723;
$custom-light: #cfb569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49723",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68355,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49723

secondary

#697DC9

accent

#60EA3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49723

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

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