#B49B1B#B49B1B

#B49B1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.136 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B1B
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 27)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -3.09, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 63.21, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0162 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.136 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7433, 33.2269, 5.8308)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B1B #1B34B4

analogous

#B44E1B #B49B1B #80B41B

triadic

#B49B1B #1BB49B #9B1BB4

tetradic

#B49B1B #1BB44E #1B34B4 #B41B80

square

#B49B1B #1BB44E #1B34B4 #B41B80

split-complementary

#B49B1B #1B80B4 #4E1BB4

monochromatic

#4A3F0B #7F6D13 #B49B1B #DFC22D #E7D262

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B49B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B49B1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B1B

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B1B	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.136 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb866',
    500: '#b49b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b1b;
$custom-light: #cfb866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.196,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69162,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B1B

secondary

#5F71CC

accent

#56F137

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B1B

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

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