#B49831#B49831

#B49831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.123 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49831
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -0.64, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 55.20, 90.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0072 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.123 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6066, 32.3833, 7.5436)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49831 #314DB4

analogous

#B45731 #B49831 #8EB431

triadic

#B49831 #31B498 #9831B4

tetradic

#B49831 #31B457 #314DB4 #B4318E

square

#B49831 #31B457 #314DB4 #B4318E

split-complementary

#B49831 #318EB4 #5731B4

monochromatic

#544717 #846F24 #B49831 #D0B552 #DDCA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B49831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#B49831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49831

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49831	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.123 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb670',
    500: '#b49831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49831;
$custom-light: #ceb670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68656,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49831

secondary

#7B8BC6

accent

#68E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49831

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

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