#B49C17#B49C17

#B49C17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.138 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C17
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 23)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -3.73, 64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 64.43, 93.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0183 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.138 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8672, 33.5438, 5.6592)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C17 #172FB4

analogous

#B44E17 #B49C17 #7EB417

triadic

#B49C17 #17B49C #9C17B4

tetradic

#B49C17 #17B44E #172FB4 #B4177E

square

#B49C17 #17B44E #172FB4 #B4177E

split-complementary

#B49C17 #177EB4 #4E17B4

monochromatic

#473E09 #7E6D10 #B49C17 #E3C625 #EAD45B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B49C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B49C17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C17

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C17	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A023

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.138 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb865',
    500: '#b49c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c17;
$custom-light: #cfb865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.828,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69359,
    "c": 0.1381,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C17

secondary

#596BCE

accent

#51F434

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C17

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

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