#B49825#B49825

#B49825 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.130 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49825
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 37)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 79.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, -1.16, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 59.53, 91.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0099 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.13 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3863, 32.2951, 6.3830)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49825 #2541B4

analogous

#B45125 #B49825 #88B425

triadic

#B49825 #25B498 #9825B4

tetradic

#B49825 #25B451 #2541B4 #B42588

square

#B49825 #25B451 #2541B4 #B42588

split-complementary

#B49825 #2588B4 #5125B4

monochromatic

#4E4210 #816D1B #B49825 #D7BA3F #E2CC71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B49825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#B49825 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49825

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49825	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)

#A99509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.130 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb56a',
    500: '#b49825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49825;
$custom-light: #cfb56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68576,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49825

secondary

#6C7EC9

accent

#60E93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49825

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

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