#B49B32#B49B32

#B49B32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.124 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B32
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 72.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, -2.21, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 55.64, 92.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% -0.0115 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.124 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1211, 33.3780, 7.8204)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B32 #324BB4

analogous

#B45A32 #B49B32 #8CB432

triadic

#B49B32 #32B49B #9B32B4

tetradic

#B49B32 #32B45A #324BB4 #B4328C

square

#B49B32 #32B45A #324BB4 #B4328C

split-complementary

#B49B32 #328CB4 #5A32B4

monochromatic

#544917 #847225 #B49B32 #CFB854 #DDCC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B49B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B49B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B32

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B32	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.124 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb871',
    500: '#b49b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b32;
$custom-light: #ceb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69297,
    "c": 0.12401,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B32

secondary

#7C8AC6

accent

#65E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B32

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

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