#B49932#B49932

#B49932 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.123 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49932
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 72.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, -1.13, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 55.08, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0085 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.123 94)
XYZ	xyz(30.7910, 32.7178, 7.7103)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49932 #324DB4

analogous

#B45832 #B49932 #8EB432

triadic

#B49932 #32B499 #9932B4

tetradic

#B49932 #32B458 #324DB4 #B4328E

square

#B49932 #32B458 #324DB4 #B4328E

split-complementary

#B49932 #328EB4 #5832B4

monochromatic

#544817 #847025 #B49932 #CFB654 #DDCA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B49932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#B49932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49932

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49932	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)

#A99623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.123 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb670',
    500: '#b49932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49932;
$custom-light: #ceb670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68875,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.32716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49932

secondary

#7C8BC6

accent

#68E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49932

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

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