#B49531#B49531

#B49531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.121 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49531
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, 0.99, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 54.42, 88.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.0025 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.121 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1259, 31.4218, 7.3834)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49531 #3150B4

analogous

#B45431 #B49531 #91B431

triadic

#B49531 #31B495 #9531B4

tetradic

#B49531 #31B454 #3150B4 #B43191

square

#B49531 #31B454 #3150B4 #B43191

split-complementary

#B49531 #3191B4 #5431B4

monochromatic

#544517 #846D24 #B49531 #D0B252 #DDC882

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#B49531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#B49531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49531

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49531	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)

#A69322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.121 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb370',
    500: '#b49531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49531;
$custom-light: #ceb370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.802,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68028,
    "c": 0.1208,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49531

secondary

#7B8CC6

accent

#6CE047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49531

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

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