#B4991F#B4991F

#B4991F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.133 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4991F
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 31)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 82.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, -1.90, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 61.63, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0125 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.133 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4627, 32.5865, 5.9814)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4991F #1F3AB4

analogous

#B44F1F #B4991F #85B41F

triadic

#B4991F #1FB499 #991FB4

tetradic

#B4991F #1FB44F #1F3AB4 #B41F85

square

#B4991F #1FB44F #1F3AB4 #B41F85

split-complementary

#B4991F #1F85B4 #4F1FB4

monochromatic

#4C400D #806D16 #B4991F #DCBE34 #E5CE68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B4991F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B4991F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4991F

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4991F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4991F	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4991f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.133 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb667',
    500: '#b4991f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4991f;
$custom-light: #cfb667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4991f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.128,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68756,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4991F

secondary

#6477CB

accent

#5BED3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4991F

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

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