#B49A31#B49A31

#B49A31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.124 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A31
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -1.72, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 55.75, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.0103 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.124 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9340, 33.0380, 7.6527)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A31 #314BB4

analogous

#B45931 #B49A31 #8CB431

triadic

#B49A31 #31B49A #9A31B4

tetradic

#B49A31 #31B459 #314BB4 #B4318C

square

#B49A31 #31B459 #314BB4 #B4318C

split-complementary

#B49A31 #318CB4 #5931B4

monochromatic

#544817 #847124 #B49A31 #D0B752 #DDCB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B49A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B49A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A31

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A31	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)

#AA9721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.124 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb770',
    500: '#b49a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a31;
$custom-light: #ceb770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69078,
    "c": 0.12398,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A31

secondary

#7B8AC6

accent

#66E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A31

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

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