#B49B35#B49B35

#B49B35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.122 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B35
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, -2.06, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 54.45, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0108 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.122 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1879, 33.4047, 8.1725)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B35 #354EB4

analogous

#B45B35 #B49B35 #8DB435

triadic

#B49B35 #35B49B #9B35B4

tetradic

#B49B35 #35B45B #354EB4 #B4358D

square

#B49B35 #35B45B #354EB4 #B4358D

split-complementary

#B49B35 #358DB4 #5B35B4

monochromatic

#554A19 #857227 #B49B35 #CEB758 #DCCB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B49B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B49B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B35

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B35	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	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)

#AB9827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.122 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb872',
    500: '#b49b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b35;
$custom-light: #ceb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69321,
    "c": 0.12198,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B35

secondary

#7F8DC6

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B35

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

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