#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
RGBrgb(180, 148, 49)
HSLhsl(45, 57%, 45%)
HSVhsv(45, 73%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17.8%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(62.60, 1.53, 54.15)
CIE-LCHlch(62.60, 54.17, 88.38°)
OKLaboklab(67.82% -0.0009 0.1202)
OKLCHoklch(67.82% 0.12 90.5)
XYZxyz(29.9683, 31.1067, 7.3309)
Luminance0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B494311.002.917.227.22
#FFFFFF2.911.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2221.001.001.00
##0000007.2221.001.001.00

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

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#B49431 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva