#B49936#B49936

#B49936 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.120 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49936
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, -0.93, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 53.46, 90.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0074 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.12 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8811, 32.7538, 8.1849)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49936 #3651B4

analogous

#B45A36 #B49936 #90B436

triadic

#B49936 #36B499 #9936B4

tetradic

#B49936 #36B45A #3651B4 #B43690

square

#B49936 #36B45A #3651B4 #B43690

split-complementary

#B49936 #3690B4 #5A36B4

monochromatic

#56491A #857128 #B49936 #CDB55A #DCCA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B49936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#B49936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49936

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49936	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)

#A99629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.120 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb673',
    500: '#b49936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49936;
$custom-light: #ceb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68907,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49936

secondary

#808FC6

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49936

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

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