#B49B16#B49B16

#B49B16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.138 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B16
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 22)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -3.21, 64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 64.41, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0169 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.138 97)
XYZ	xyz(30.6903, 33.2057, 5.5517)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B16 #162FB4

analogous

#B44C16 #B49B16 #7EB416

triadic

#B49B16 #16B49B #9B16B4

tetradic

#B49B16 #16B44C #162FB4 #B4167E

square

#B49B16 #16B44C #162FB4 #B4167E

split-complementary

#B49B16 #167EB4 #4C16B4

monochromatic

#473D09 #7D6C0F #B49B16 #E4C623 #EBD45A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B49B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#B49B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B16

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B16	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.138 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb864',
    500: '#b49b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b16;
$custom-light: #cfb864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.506,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69143,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.33204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B16

secondary

#586ACE

accent

#52F533

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B16

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

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