#B49B33#B49B33

#B49B33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.123 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B33
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 71.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, -2.16, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 55.25, 92.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0113 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.123 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1429, 33.3867, 7.9352)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B33 #334CB4

analogous

#B45A33 #B49B33 #8CB433

triadic

#B49B33 #33B49B #9B33B4

tetradic

#B49B33 #33B45A #334CB4 #B4338C

square

#B49B33 #33B45A #334CB4 #B4338C

split-complementary

#B49B33 #338CB4 #5A33B4

monochromatic

#554918 #847225 #B49B33 #CFB755 #DCCB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B49B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B49B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B33

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B33	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)

#AB9824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.123 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb871',
    500: '#b49b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b33;
$custom-light: #ceb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.372,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69305,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B33

secondary

#7D8BC6

accent

#66DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B33

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

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