#B49C1B#B49C1B

#B49C1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.137 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C1B
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 27)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -3.63, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 63.47, 93.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0177 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.137 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9104, 33.5611, 5.8865)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C1B #1B33B4

analogous

#B44F1B #B49C1B #7FB41B

triadic

#B49C1B #1BB49C #9C1BB4

tetradic

#B49C1B #1BB44F #1B33B4 #B41B7F

square

#B49C1B #1BB44F #1B33B4 #B41B7F

split-complementary

#B49C1B #1B7FB4 #4F1BB4

monochromatic

#4A400B #7F6E13 #B49C1B #DFC32D #E7D362

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B49C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B49C1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C1B

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C1B	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.137 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb866',
    500: '#b49c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c1b;
$custom-light: #cfb866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69375,
    "c": 0.13667,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C1B

secondary

#5F70CC

accent

#54F137

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C1B

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

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