#B49B2B#B49B2B

#B49B2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.128 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B2B
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, -2.54, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 58.27, 92.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0132 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.128 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9814, 33.3221, 7.0850)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B2B #2B44B4

analogous

#B4562B #B49B2B #88B42B

triadic

#B49B2B #2BB49B #9B2BB4

tetradic

#B49B2B #2BB456 #2B44B4 #B42B88

square

#B49B2B #2BB456 #2B44B4 #B42B88

split-complementary

#B49B2B #2B88B4 #562BB4

monochromatic

#514613 #83701F #B49B2B #D3BA49 #DFCD7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B49B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B49B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B2B

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B2B	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.128 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb86d',
    500: '#b49b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b2b;
$custom-light: #ceb86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69247,
    "c": 0.12833,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B2B

secondary

#7383C7

accent

#61E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B2B

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

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