#B49F19#B49F19

#B49F19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.140 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F19
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 25)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 86.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, -5.28, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 64.74, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0225 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.14 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3977, 34.5714, 5.9387)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F19 #192EB4

analogous

#B45119 #B49F19 #7BB419

triadic

#B49F19 #19B49F #9F19B4

tetradic

#B49F19 #19B451 #192EB4 #B4197B

square

#B49F19 #19B451 #192EB4 #B4197B

split-complementary

#B49F19 #197BB4 #5119B4

monochromatic

#49400A #7E7012 #B49F19 #E1C829 #E9D65F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B49F19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#B49F19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F19

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F19	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.140 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba66',
    500: '#b49f19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f19;
$custom-light: #cfba66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.871,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70007,
    "c": 0.13952,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F19

secondary

#5C6BCD

accent

#4FF236

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F19

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

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