#B49A30#B49A30

#B49A30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.125 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A30
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 73.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, -1.77, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 56.14, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0105 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.125 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9131, 33.0296, 7.5428)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A30 #304AB4

analogous

#B45830 #B49A30 #8CB430

triadic

#B49A30 #30B49A #9A30B4

tetradic

#B49A30 #30B458 #304AB4 #B4308C

square

#B49A30 #30B458 #304AB4 #B4308C

split-complementary

#B49A30 #308CB4 #5830B4

monochromatic

#534716 #847123 #B49A30 #D1B751 #DDCB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B49A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B49A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A30

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A30	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA971F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.125 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb76f',
    500: '#b49a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a30;
$custom-light: #ceb76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6907,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A30

secondary

#7989C6

accent

#65E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A30

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

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