#B49A2F#B49A2F

#B49A2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.125 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A2F
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, -1.82, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 56.52, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0108 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.125 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8927, 33.0214, 7.4354)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A2F #2F49B4

analogous

#B4582F #B49A2F #8BB42F

triadic

#B49A2F #2FB49A #9A2FB4

tetradic

#B49A2F #2FB458 #2F49B4 #B42F8B

square

#B49A2F #2FB458 #2F49B4 #B42F8B

split-complementary

#B49A2F #2F8BB4 #582FB4

monochromatic

#534716 #837022 #B49A2F #D1B84F #DECB80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B49A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B49A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A2F

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A2F	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)

#AA971D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.125 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb76f',
    500: '#b49a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a2f;
$custom-light: #ceb76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69063,
    "c": 0.12524,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A2F

secondary

#7888C7

accent

#64E246

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A2F

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

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