#B49431#B49431

#B49431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.120 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49431
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, 1.53, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 54.17, 88.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0009 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.12 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9683, 31.1067, 7.3309)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49431 #3151B4

analogous

#B45331 #B49431 #92B431

triadic

#B49431 #31B494 #9431B4

tetradic

#B49431 #31B453 #3151B4 #B43192

square

#B49431 #31B453 #3151B4 #B43192

split-complementary

#B49431 #3192B4 #5331B4

monochromatic

#544517 #846C24 #B49431 #D0B152 #DDC782

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#B49431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#B49431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49431

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49431	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)

#A59222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.120 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb36f',
    500: '#b49431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49431;
$custom-light: #ceb36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67819,
    "c": 0.12021,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49431

secondary

#7B8DC6

accent

#6DE047

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EC

border

#D3CFC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49431

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

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