#B49823#B49823

#B49823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.131 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49823
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -1.23, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 60.18, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.0103 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.131 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3557, 32.2829, 6.2221)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49823 #233FB4

analogous

#B45023 #B49823 #87B423

triadic

#B49823 #23B498 #9823B4

tetradic

#B49823 #23B450 #233FB4 #B42387

square

#B49823 #23B450 #233FB4 #B42387

split-complementary

#B49823 #2387B4 #5023B4

monochromatic

#4E410F #816D19 #B49823 #D9BA3B #E3CC6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B49823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#B49823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49823

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49823	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99503

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.131 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb569',
    500: '#b49823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49823;
$custom-light: #cfb569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.414,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68565,
    "c": 0.13059,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49823

secondary

#697CC9

accent

#5FEA3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49823

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

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