#B49935#B49935

#B49935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.121 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49935
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -0.98, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 53.88, 91.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0077 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.121 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8578, 32.7445, 8.0625)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49935 #3550B4

analogous

#B45935 #B49935 #8FB435

triadic

#B49935 #35B499 #9935B4

tetradic

#B49935 #35B459 #3550B4 #B4358F

square

#B49935 #35B459 #3550B4 #B4358F

split-complementary

#B49935 #358FB4 #5935B4

monochromatic

#554919 #857127 #B49935 #CEB558 #DCCA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B49935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#B49935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49935

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49935	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)

#A99627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.121 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb672',
    500: '#b49935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49935;
$custom-light: #ceb672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68899,
    "c": 0.1206,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49935

secondary

#7F8EC6

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49935

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

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