#B49A2D#B49A2D

#B49A2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.126 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A2D
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -1.91, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 57.27, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.0112 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.126 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8533, 33.0057, 7.2277)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A2D #2D47B4

analogous

#B4562D #B49A2D #8BB42D

triadic

#B49A2D #2DB49A #9A2DB4

tetradic

#B49A2D #2DB456 #2D47B4 #B42D8B

square

#B49A2D #2DB456 #2D47B4 #B42D8B

split-complementary

#B49A2D #2D8BB4 #562DB4

monochromatic

#524615 #837021 #B49A2D #D2B84C #DECC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B49A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B49A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A2D

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A2D	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)

#AA971A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.126 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb76e',
    500: '#b49a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a2d;
$custom-light: #ceb76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69049,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A2D

secondary

#7685C7

accent

#63E345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A2D

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

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