#B49930#B49930

#B49930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.124 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49930
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 73.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -1.23, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 55.86, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.009 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.124 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7488, 32.7009, 7.4880)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49930 #304BB4

analogous

#B45730 #B49930 #8DB430

triadic

#B49930 #30B499 #9930B4

tetradic

#B49930 #30B457 #304BB4 #B4308D

square

#B49930 #30B457 #304BB4 #B4308D

split-complementary

#B49930 #308DB4 #5730B4

monochromatic

#534716 #847023 #B49930 #D1B651 #DDCA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B49930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#B49930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49930

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49930	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9961F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.124 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb66f',
    500: '#b49930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49930;
$custom-light: #ceb66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68859,
    "c": 0.12395,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49930

secondary

#7989C6

accent

#66E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49930

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

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