#B49A15#B49A15

#B49A15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.137 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A15
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 21)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 88.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -2.70, 64.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 64.39, 92.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.0155 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.137 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5151, 32.8704, 5.4467)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A15 #152FB4

analogous

#B44B15 #B49A15 #7EB415

triadic

#B49A15 #15B49A #9A15B4

tetradic

#B49A15 #15B44B #152FB4 #B4157E

square

#B49A15 #15B44B #152FB4 #B4157E

split-complementary

#B49A15 #157EB4 #4B15B4

monochromatic

#463C08 #7D6B0F #B49A15 #E5C521 #ECD358

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B49A15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#B49A15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A15

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A15	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.137 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb764',
    500: '#b49a15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a15;
$custom-light: #cfb764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.189,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68927,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A15

secondary

#566ACF

accent

#52F632

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A15

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

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