#B49727#B49727

#B49727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.128 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49727
RGB	rgb(180, 151, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -0.54, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 58.62, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0079 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.128 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2569, 31.9848, 6.4991)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49727 #2744B4

analogous

#B45127 #B49727 #8AB427

triadic

#B49727 #27B497 #9727B4

tetradic

#B49727 #27B451 #2744B4 #B4278A

square

#B49727 #27B451 #2744B4 #B4278A

split-complementary

#B49727 #278AB4 #5127B4

monochromatic

#4F4311 #826D1C #B49727 #D6B842 #E1CB74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B49727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#B49727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49727

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49727	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8940F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 151, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.128 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb56b',
    500: '#b49727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49727;
$custom-light: #cfb56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68378,
    "c": 0.12794,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49727

secondary

#6F81C8

accent

#63E740

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49727

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

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