#B49B31#B49B31

#B49B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.125 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B31
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, -2.26, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 56.03, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0118 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.125 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0997, 33.3694, 7.7080)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B31 #314AB4

analogous

#B45A31 #B49B31 #8BB431

triadic

#B49B31 #31B49B #9B31B4

tetradic

#B49B31 #31B45A #314AB4 #B4318B

square

#B49B31 #31B45A #314AB4 #B4318B

split-complementary

#B49B31 #318BB4 #5A31B4

monochromatic

#544817 #847224 #B49B31 #D0B852 #DDCC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B49B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#B49B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B31

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B31	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)

#AB9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.125 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb870',
    500: '#b49b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b31;
$custom-light: #ceb870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69289,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B31

secondary

#7B89C6

accent

#65E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B31

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

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