#B49B1F#B49B1F

#B49B1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.134 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B1F
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 31)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 82.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -2.97, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 62.13, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0156 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.134 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7928, 33.2466, 6.0914)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B1F #1F38B4

analogous

#B4511F #B49B1F #83B41F

triadic

#B49B1F #1FB49B #9B1FB4

tetradic

#B49B1F #1FB451 #1F38B4 #B41F83

square

#B49B1F #1FB451 #1F38B4 #B41F83

split-complementary

#B49B1F #1F83B4 #511FB4

monochromatic

#4C410D #806E16 #B49B1F #DCC034 #E5D068

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B49B1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B49B1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B1F

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B1F	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)

#B29F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.134 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb868',
    500: '#b49b1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b1f;
$custom-light: #cfb868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.933,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6918,
    "c": 0.13438,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B1F

secondary

#6475CB

accent

#58ED3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B1F

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

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