#B49A19#B49A19

#B49A19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.136 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A19
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 25)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 86.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -2.60, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 63.47, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.015 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.136 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5552, 32.8864, 5.6578)
Luminance	0.3288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A19 #1933B4

analogous

#B44C19 #B49A19 #81B419

triadic

#B49A19 #19B49A #9A19B4

tetradic

#B49A19 #19B44C #1933B4 #B41981

square

#B49A19 #19B44C #1933B4 #B41981

split-complementary

#B49A19 #1981B4 #4C19B4

monochromatic

#493E0A #7E6C12 #B49A19 #E1C229 #E9D25F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B49A19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#B49A19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A19

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A19	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.136 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb765',
    500: '#b49a19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a19;
$custom-light: #cfb765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.935,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68942,
    "c": 0.13607,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A19

secondary

#5C6FCD

accent

#55F236

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A19

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

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