#B49430#B49430

#B49430 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.121 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49430
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 48)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 73.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, 1.48, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 54.57, 88.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0012 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.121 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9475, 31.0983, 7.2209)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49430 #3050B4

analogous

#B45230 #B49430 #92B430

triadic

#B49430 #30B494 #9430B4

tetradic

#B49430 #30B452 #3050B4 #B43092

square

#B49430 #30B452 #3050B4 #B43092

split-complementary

#B49430 #3092B4 #5230B4

monochromatic

#534516 #846C23 #B49430 #D1B251 #DDC781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#B49430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#B49430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49430

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49430	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.121 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb36f',
    500: '#b49430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49430;
$custom-light: #ceb36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67811,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49430

secondary

#798CC6

accent

#6CE147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EC

border

#D3CFC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49430

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

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