#B49B2D#B49B2D

#B49B2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.127 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B2D
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 45)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -2.45, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 57.54, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0128 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.127 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0190, 33.3371, 7.2830)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B2D #2D46B4

analogous

#B4582D #B49B2D #8AB42D

triadic

#B49B2D #2DB49B #9B2DB4

tetradic

#B49B2D #2DB458 #2D46B4 #B42D8A

square

#B49B2D #2DB458 #2D46B4 #B42D8A

split-complementary

#B49B2D #2D8AB4 #582DB4

monochromatic

#524715 #837121 #B49B2D #D2B94C #DECC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B49B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#B49B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B2D

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B2D	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB981A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.127 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb86e',
    500: '#b49b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b2d;
$custom-light: #ceb86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69261,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B2D

secondary

#7685C7

accent

#62E345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B2D

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

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