#B49829#B49829

#B49829 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.127 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49829
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 41)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -1.00, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 58.18, 90.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0091 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.127 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4526, 32.3216, 6.7321)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49829 #2945B4

analogous

#B45329 #B49829 #8AB429

triadic

#B49829 #29B498 #9829B4

tetradic

#B49829 #29B453 #2945B4 #B4298A

square

#B49829 #29B453 #2945B4 #B4298A

split-complementary

#B49829 #298AB4 #5329B4

monochromatic

#504412 #826E1E #B49829 #D5B845 #E0CB77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B49829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#B49829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49829

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49829	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	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)

#A99513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.127 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb56c',
    500: '#b49829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49829;
$custom-light: #cfb56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.686,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49829

secondary

#7182C8

accent

#63E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49829

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

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