#B49915#B49915

#B49915 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.137 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49915
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 21)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 88.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, -2.16, 64.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 64.16, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.014 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.137 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3507, 32.5417, 5.3919)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49915 #1530B4

analogous

#B44915 #B49915 #80B415

triadic

#B49915 #15B499 #9915B4

tetradic

#B49915 #15B449 #1530B4 #B41580

square

#B49915 #15B449 #1530B4 #B41580

split-complementary

#B49915 #1580B4 #4915B4

monochromatic

#463C08 #7D6A0F #B49915 #E5C421 #ECD258

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B49915 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#B49915 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49915

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49915	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49915	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49915;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.137 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb664',
    500: '#b49915',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49915;
$custom-light: #cfb664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49915",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68715,
    "c": 0.13677,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49915

secondary

#566BCF

accent

#53F632

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49915

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

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