#B49B37#B49B37

#B49B37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.121 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B37
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -1.95, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 53.63, 92.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0102 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.121 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2349, 33.4235, 8.4199)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B37 #3750B4

analogous

#B45C37 #B49B37 #8EB437

triadic

#B49B37 #37B49B #9B37B4

tetradic

#B49B37 #37B45C #3750B4 #B4378E

square

#B49B37 #37B45C #3750B4 #B4378E

split-complementary

#B49B37 #378EB4 #5C37B4

monochromatic

#564A1A #857329 #B49B37 #CDB65B #DBCB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B49B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B49B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B37

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B37	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)

#AB9829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.121 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb873',
    500: '#b49b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b37;
$custom-light: #ceb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69338,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B37

secondary

#818FC6

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B37

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

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