#B49B2F#B49B2F

#B49B2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.126 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B2F
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 47)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -2.36, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 56.80, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0123 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.126 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0584, 33.3529, 7.4906)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B2F #2F48B4

analogous

#B4592F #B49B2F #8BB42F

triadic

#B49B2F #2FB49B #9B2FB4

tetradic

#B49B2F #2FB459 #2F48B4 #B42F8B

square

#B49B2F #2FB459 #2F48B4 #B42F8B

split-complementary

#B49B2F #2F8BB4 #592FB4

monochromatic

#534716 #837122 #B49B2F #D1B94F #DECC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B49B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#B49B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B2F

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B2F	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)

#AB981D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.126 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb86f',
    500: '#b49b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b2f;
$custom-light: #ceb86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69275,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B2F

secondary

#7887C7

accent

#63E246

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B2F

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

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