#B49A2E#B49A2E

#B49A2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.126 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A2E
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -1.87, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 56.90, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.011 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.126 95)
XYZ	xyz(30.8728, 33.0135, 7.3303)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A2E #2E48B4

analogous

#B4572E #B49A2E #8BB42E

triadic

#B49A2E #2EB49A #9A2EB4

tetradic

#B49A2E #2EB457 #2E48B4 #B42E8B

square

#B49A2E #2EB457 #2E48B4 #B42E8B

split-complementary

#B49A2E #2E8BB4 #572EB4

monochromatic

#534715 #837022 #B49A2E #D2B84E #DECC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B49A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B49A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A2E

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A2E	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)

#AA971C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.126 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb76e',
    500: '#b49a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a2e;
$custom-light: #ceb76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69056,
    "c": 0.12587,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.33012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A2E

secondary

#7786C7

accent

#64E245

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A2E

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

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