#B49A16#B49A16

#B49A16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.137 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A16
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -2.68, 64.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 64.17, 92.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.0154 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.137 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5246, 32.8742, 5.4965)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A16 #1630B4

analogous

#B44B16 #B49A16 #7FB416

triadic

#B49A16 #16B49A #9A16B4

tetradic

#B49A16 #16B44B #1630B4 #B4167F

square

#B49A16 #16B44B #1630B4 #B4167F

split-complementary

#B49A16 #167FB4 #4B16B4

monochromatic

#473D09 #7D6B0F #B49A16 #E4C423 #EBD35A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B49A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#B49A16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A16

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A16	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: #b49a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.137 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb764',
    500: '#b49a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a16;
$custom-light: #cfb764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.127,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68931,
    "c": 0.1371,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A16

secondary

#586BCE

accent

#53F533

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A16

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

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