#B49530#B49530

#B49530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.121 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49530
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 73.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, 0.94, 54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 54.81, 89.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0028 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.121 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1050, 31.4134, 7.2735)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49530 #304FB4

analogous

#B45330 #B49530 #91B430

triadic

#B49530 #30B495 #9530B4

tetradic

#B49530 #30B453 #304FB4 #B43091

square

#B49530 #30B453 #304FB4 #B43091

split-complementary

#B49530 #3091B4 #5330B4

monochromatic

#534516 #846D23 #B49530 #D1B251 #DDC881

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#B49530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#B49530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49530

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49530	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.121 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb36f',
    500: '#b49530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49530;
$custom-light: #ceb36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6802,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49530

secondary

#798BC6

accent

#6BE147

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49530

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

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