#B49E19#B49E19

#B49E19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.139 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E19
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 25)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 86.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -4.75, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 64.47, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.021 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.139 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2264, 34.2289, 5.8816)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E19 #192FB4

analogous

#B45119 #B49E19 #7CB419

triadic

#B49E19 #19B49E #9E19B4

tetradic

#B49E19 #19B451 #192FB4 #B4197C

square

#B49E19 #19B451 #192FB4 #B4197C

split-complementary

#B49E19 #197CB4 #5119B4

monochromatic

#49400A #7E6F12 #B49E19 #E1C729 #E9D55F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B49E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B49E19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E19

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E19	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.139 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba66',
    500: '#b49e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e19;
$custom-light: #cfba66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.484,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69793,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E19

secondary

#5C6CCD

accent

#50F236

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E19

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

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