#B49A36#B49A36

#B49A36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.121 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A36
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, -1.47, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 53.75, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% -0.009 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.121 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0454, 33.0825, 8.2396)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A36 #3650B4

analogous

#B45B36 #B49A36 #8FB436

triadic

#B49A36 #36B49A #9A36B4

tetradic

#B49A36 #36B45B #3650B4 #B4368F

square

#B49A36 #36B45B #3650B4 #B4368F

split-complementary

#B49A36 #368FB4 #5B36B4

monochromatic

#56491A #857228 #B49A36 #CDB65A #DCCA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B49A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#B49A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A36

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A36	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.121 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb773',
    500: '#b49a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a36;
$custom-light: #ceb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69118,
    "c": 0.12058,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A36

secondary

#808FC6

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A36

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

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