#B49B25#B49B25

#B49B25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.132 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B25
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 37)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 79.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -2.77, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 60.31, 92.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0145 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.132 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8793, 33.2813, 6.5474)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B25 #253EB4

analogous

#B45325 #B49B25 #86B425

triadic

#B49B25 #25B49B #9B25B4

tetradic

#B49B25 #25B453 #253EB4 #B42586

square

#B49B25 #25B453 #253EB4 #B42586

split-complementary

#B49B25 #2586B4 #5325B4

monochromatic

#4E4410 #816F1B #B49B25 #D7BD3F #E2CE71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B49B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B49B25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B25

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B25	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9806

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.132 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb86a',
    500: '#b49b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b25;
$custom-light: #cfb86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69211,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B25

secondary

#6C7CC9

accent

#5DE93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B25

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

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