#B49934#B49934

#B49934 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.121 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49934
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 71.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -1.03, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 54.28, 91.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.0079 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.121 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8351, 32.7354, 7.9426)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49934 #344FB4

analogous

#B45934 #B49934 #8FB434

triadic

#B49934 #34B499 #9934B4

tetradic

#B49934 #34B459 #344FB4 #B4348F

square

#B49934 #34B459 #344FB4 #B4348F

split-complementary

#B49934 #348FB4 #5934B4

monochromatic

#554819 #857126 #B49934 #CEB557 #DCCA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B49934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#B49934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49934

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49934	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.121 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb672',
    500: '#b49934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49934;
$custom-light: #ceb672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.344,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68891,
    "c": 0.1213,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49934

secondary

#7E8DC6

accent

#69DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49934

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

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