#B49830#B49830

#B49830 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.123 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49830
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 73.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -0.69, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 55.59, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.0074 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.123 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5858, 32.3749, 7.4337)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49830 #304CB4

analogous

#B45630 #B49830 #8EB430

triadic

#B49830 #30B498 #9830B4

tetradic

#B49830 #30B456 #304CB4 #B4308E

square

#B49830 #30B456 #304CB4 #B4308E

split-complementary

#B49830 #308EB4 #5630B4

monochromatic

#534616 #846F23 #B49830 #D1B551 #DDCA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B49830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#B49830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49830

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49830	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.123 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb66f',
    500: '#b49830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49830;
$custom-light: #ceb66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68649,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49830

secondary

#798AC6

accent

#67E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49830

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

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