#B49916#B49916

#B49916 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.136 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49916
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, -2.14, 63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 63.94, 91.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0139 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.136 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3602, 32.5455, 5.4417)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49916 #1631B4

analogous

#B44A16 #B49916 #80B416

triadic

#B49916 #16B499 #9916B4

tetradic

#B49916 #16B44A #1631B4 #B41680

square

#B49916 #16B44A #1631B4 #B41680

split-complementary

#B49916 #1680B4 #4A16B4

monochromatic

#473C09 #7D6B0F #B49916 #E4C323 #EBD25A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B49916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#B49916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49916

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49916	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)

#B19E22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.136 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb664',
    500: '#b49916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49916;
$custom-light: #cfb664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.747,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68719,
    "c": 0.13646,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49916

secondary

#586CCE

accent

#54F533

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49916

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

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