#B49B30#B49B30

#B49B30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.125 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B30
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 48)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 73.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -2.31, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 56.42, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.012 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.125 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0788, 33.3611, 7.5981)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B30 #3049B4

analogous

#B45930 #B49B30 #8BB430

triadic

#B49B30 #30B49B #9B30B4

tetradic

#B49B30 #30B459 #3049B4 #B4308B

square

#B49B30 #30B459 #3049B4 #B4308B

split-complementary

#B49B30 #308BB4 #5930B4

monochromatic

#534816 #847123 #B49B30 #D1B851 #DDCC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B49B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#B49B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B30

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B30	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)

#AB981F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.125 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb870',
    500: '#b49b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b30;
$custom-light: #ceb870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69282,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B30

secondary

#7988C6

accent

#64E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B30

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

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