#B49728#B49728

#B49728 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.127 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49728
RGB	rgb(180, 151, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 77.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -0.50, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 58.27, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0077 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.127 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2737, 31.9915, 6.5875)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49728 #2845B4

analogous

#B45128 #B49728 #8BB428

triadic

#B49728 #28B497 #9728B4

tetradic

#B49728 #28B451 #2845B4 #B4288B

square

#B49728 #28B451 #2845B4 #B4288B

split-complementary

#B49728 #288BB4 #5128B4

monochromatic

#504312 #826D1D #B49728 #D5B744 #E1CA76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B49728 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#B49728 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49728

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49728	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49728	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)

#A89411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49728;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 151, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.127 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb56b',
    500: '#b49728',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49728;
$custom-light: #cfb56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49728",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68384,
    "c": 0.1274,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49728

secondary

#7082C8

accent

#63E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49728

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

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