#B49A32#B49A32

#B49A32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.123 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A32
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 72.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -1.68, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 55.36, 91.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% -0.01 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.123 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9553, 33.0465, 7.7651)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A32 #324CB4

analogous

#B45932 #B49A32 #8DB432

triadic

#B49A32 #32B49A #9A32B4

tetradic

#B49A32 #32B459 #324CB4 #B4328D

square

#B49A32 #32B459 #324CB4 #B4328D

split-complementary

#B49A32 #328DB4 #5932B4

monochromatic

#544817 #847125 #B49A32 #CFB754 #DDCB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B49A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B49A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A32

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A32	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)

#AA9722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.123 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb771',
    500: '#b49a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a32;
$custom-light: #ceb771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69086,
    "c": 0.12332,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A32

secondary

#7C8BC6

accent

#66E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A32

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

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