#B49A25#B49A25

#B49A25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.131 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A25
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 37)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 79.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -2.24, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 60.05, 92.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.013 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.131 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7136, 32.9498, 6.4921)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A25 #253FB4

analogous

#B45325 #B49A25 #86B425

triadic

#B49A25 #25B49A #9A25B4

tetradic

#B49A25 #25B453 #253FB4 #B42586

square

#B49A25 #25B453 #253FB4 #B42586

split-complementary

#B49A25 #2586B4 #5325B4

monochromatic

#4E4310 #816F1B #B49A25 #D7BC3F #E2CD71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B49A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B49A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A25

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A25	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.131 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb76a',
    500: '#b49a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a25;
$custom-light: #cfb76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68999,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A25

secondary

#6C7DC9

accent

#5EE93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A25

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

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