#B49937#B49937

#B49937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.119 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49937
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, -0.87, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 53.05, 90.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0071 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.119 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9048, 32.7633, 8.3098)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49937 #3752B4

analogous

#B45A37 #B49937 #90B437

triadic

#B49937 #37B499 #9937B4

tetradic

#B49937 #37B45A #3752B4 #B43790

square

#B49937 #37B45A #3752B4 #B43790

split-complementary

#B49937 #3790B4 #5A37B4

monochromatic

#56491A #857129 #B49937 #CDB45B #DBCA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B49937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#B49937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49937

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49937	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)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.119 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb673',
    500: '#b49937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49937;
$custom-light: #ceb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.04,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68916,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49937

secondary

#8190C6

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49937

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

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