#B49A2B#B49A2B

#B49A2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.128 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A2B
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -2.00, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 58.00, 91.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0117 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.128 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8157, 32.9906, 7.0297)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A2B #2B45B4

analogous

#B4552B #B49A2B #89B42B

triadic

#B49A2B #2BB49A #9A2BB4

tetradic

#B49A2B #2BB455 #2B45B4 #B42B89

square

#B49A2B #2BB455 #2B45B4 #B42B89

split-complementary

#B49A2B #2B89B4 #552BB4

monochromatic

#514513 #83701F #B49A2B #D3B949 #DFCC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B49A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B49A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A2B

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A2B	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.128 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb76d',
    500: '#b49a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a2b;
$custom-light: #ceb76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69035,
    "c": 0.12766,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A2B

secondary

#7383C7

accent

#62E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A2B

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

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