#B49923#B49923

#B49923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.131 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49923
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 35)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -1.77, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 60.43, 91.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0118 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.131 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5187, 32.6089, 6.2765)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49923 #233EB4

analogous

#B45123 #B49923 #86B423

triadic

#B49923 #23B499 #9923B4

tetradic

#B49923 #23B451 #233EB4 #B42386

square

#B49923 #23B451 #233EB4 #B42386

split-complementary

#B49923 #2386B4 #5123B4

monochromatic

#4E420F #816D19 #B49923 #D9BC3B #E3CD6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B49923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B49923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49923

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49923	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9602

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.131 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb669',
    500: '#b49923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49923;
$custom-light: #cfb669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68776,
    "c": 0.13123,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49923

secondary

#697BC9

accent

#5EEA3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49923

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

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