#B49D17#B49D17

#B49D17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.139 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D17
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 23)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -4.26, 64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 64.68, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0198 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.139 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0357, 33.8808, 5.7154)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D17 #172EB4

analogous

#B44E17 #B49D17 #7DB417

triadic

#B49D17 #17B49D #9D17B4

tetradic

#B49D17 #17B44E #172EB4 #B4177D

square

#B49D17 #17B44E #172EB4 #B4177D

split-complementary

#B49D17 #177DB4 #4E17B4

monochromatic

#473E09 #7E6E10 #B49D17 #E3C725 #EAD55B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B49D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B49D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D17

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D17	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.139 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb965',
    500: '#b49d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d17;
$custom-light: #cfb965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.21,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69572,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D17

secondary

#596ACE

accent

#50F434

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D17

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

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