#B49931#B49931

#B49931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.123 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49931
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -1.18, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 55.47, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% -0.0087 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.123 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7696, 32.7092, 7.5980)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49931 #314CB4

analogous

#B45831 #B49931 #8DB431

triadic

#B49931 #31B499 #9931B4

tetradic

#B49931 #31B458 #314CB4 #B4318D

square

#B49931 #31B458 #314CB4 #B4318D

split-complementary

#B49931 #318DB4 #5831B4

monochromatic

#544717 #847024 #B49931 #D0B652 #DDCA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B49931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#B49931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49931

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49931	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	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)

#A99621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.123 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb670',
    500: '#b49931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49931;
$custom-light: #ceb670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68867,
    "c": 0.1233,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49931

secondary

#7B8AC6

accent

#67E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49931

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

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