#B49B19#B49B19

#B49B19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.137 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B19
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 25)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 86.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -3.14, 63.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 63.72, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0165 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.137 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7209, 33.2179, 5.7131)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B19 #1932B4

analogous

#B44E19 #B49B19 #7FB419

triadic

#B49B19 #19B49B #9B19B4

tetradic

#B49B19 #19B44E #1932B4 #B4197F

square

#B49B19 #19B44E #1932B4 #B4197F

split-complementary

#B49B19 #197FB4 #4E19B4

monochromatic

#493E0A #7E6D12 #B49B19 #E1C429 #E9D25F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B49B19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#B49B19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B19

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B19	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)

#B29F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.137 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb865',
    500: '#b49b19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b19;
$custom-light: #cfb865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69154,
    "c": 0.13673,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B19

secondary

#5C6ECD

accent

#54F236

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B19

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

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