#B49533#B49533

#B49533 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.119 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49533
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 71.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, 1.09, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 53.62, 88.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.002 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.119 91)
XYZ	xyz(30.1690, 31.4390, 7.6106)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49533 #3352B4

analogous

#B45433 #B49533 #93B433

triadic

#B49533 #33B495 #9533B4

tetradic

#B49533 #33B454 #3352B4 #B43393

square

#B49533 #33B454 #3352B4 #B43393

split-complementary

#B49533 #3393B4 #5433B4

monochromatic

#554618 #846E25 #B49533 #CFB255 #DCC785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#B49533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#B49533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49533

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49533	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.119 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb371',
    500: '#b49533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49533;
$custom-light: #ceb371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.581,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68044,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.31437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49533

secondary

#7D8EC6

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49533

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

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