#B49A35#B49A35

#B49A35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.121 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A35
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, -1.52, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 54.16, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.0092 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.121 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0222, 33.0732, 8.1172)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A35 #354FB4

analogous

#B45B35 #B49A35 #8EB435

triadic

#B49A35 #35B49A #9A35B4

tetradic

#B49A35 #35B45B #354FB4 #B4358E

square

#B49A35 #35B45B #354FB4 #B4358E

split-complementary

#B49A35 #358EB4 #5B35B4

monochromatic

#554919 #857227 #B49A35 #CEB658 #DCCB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B49A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B49A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A35

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A35	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)

#AA9727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.121 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb772',
    500: '#b49a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a35;
$custom-light: #ceb772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.717,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6911,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A35

secondary

#7F8EC6

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A35

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

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