#B49919#B49919

#B49919 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.135 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49919
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 25)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 86.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -2.07, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 63.23, 91.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0135 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.135 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3908, 32.5577, 5.6031)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49919 #1934B4

analogous

#B44B19 #B49919 #82B419

triadic

#B49919 #19B499 #9919B4

tetradic

#B49919 #19B44B #1934B4 #B41982

square

#B49919 #19B44B #1934B4 #B41982

split-complementary

#B49919 #1982B4 #4B19B4

monochromatic

#493E0A #7E6B12 #B49919 #E1C129 #E9D15F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B49919 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#B49919 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49919

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49919	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49919	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)

#B19E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49919;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.135 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb665',
    500: '#b49919',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49919;
$custom-light: #cfb665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49919",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.548,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6873,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49919

secondary

#5C70CD

accent

#56F236

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49919

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

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