#B49817#B49817

#B49817 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.136 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49817
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 23)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -1.58, 63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 63.48, 91.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0122 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.136 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2071, 32.2234, 5.4391)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49817 #1733B4

analogous

#B44917 #B49817 #82B417

triadic

#B49817 #17B498 #9817B4

tetradic

#B49817 #17B449 #1733B4 #B41782

square

#B49817 #17B449 #1733B4 #B41782

split-complementary

#B49817 #1782B4 #4917B4

monochromatic

#473C09 #7E6A10 #B49817 #E3C125 #EAD15B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B49817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#B49817 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49817

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49817	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.136 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb564',
    500: '#b49817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49817;
$custom-light: #cfb564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.299,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68511,
    "c": 0.1355,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49817

secondary

#596ECE

accent

#56F434

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49817

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

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