#B49A1F#B49A1F

#B49A1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.134 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A1F
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 31)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 82.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, -2.44, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 61.88, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0141 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.134 96)
XYZ	xyz(30.6270, 32.9152, 6.0361)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A1F #1F39B4

analogous

#B4501F #B49A1F #84B41F

triadic

#B49A1F #1FB49A #9A1FB4

tetradic

#B49A1F #1FB450 #1F39B4 #B41F84

square

#B49A1F #1FB450 #1F39B4 #B41F84

split-complementary

#B49A1F #1F84B4 #501FB4

monochromatic

#4C410D #806D16 #B49A1F #DCBF34 #E5CF68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B49A1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#B49A1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A1F

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A1F	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.134 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb767',
    500: '#b49a1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a1f;
$custom-light: #cfb767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.53,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68968,
    "c": 0.1337,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.32913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A1F

secondary

#6476CB

accent

#5AED3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A1F

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

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