#B49534#B49534

#B49534 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.119 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49534
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 52)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 71.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, 1.14, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 53.21, 88.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0017 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.119 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1913, 31.4479, 7.7280)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49534 #3453B4

analogous

#B45534 #B49534 #93B434

triadic

#B49534 #34B495 #9534B4

tetradic

#B49534 #34B455 #3453B4 #B43493

square

#B49534 #34B455 #3453B4 #B43493

split-complementary

#B49534 #3493B4 #5534B4

monochromatic

#554619 #856E26 #B49534 #CEB157 #DCC786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#B49534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#B49534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49534

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49534	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)

#A69327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.119 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb371',
    500: '#b49534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49534;
$custom-light: #ceb371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68052,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49534

secondary

#7E8FC6

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49534

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

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