#B49C1C#B49C1C

#B49C1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.136 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C1C
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 28)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 84.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -3.60, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 63.21, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0176 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.136 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9222, 33.5658, 5.9485)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C1C #1C34B4

analogous

#B4501C #B49C1C #80B41C

triadic

#B49C1C #1CB49C #9C1CB4

tetradic

#B49C1C #1CB450 #1C34B4 #B41C80

square

#B49C1C #1CB450 #1C34B4 #B41C80

split-complementary

#B49C1C #1C80B4 #501CB4

monochromatic

#4A400C #7F6E14 #B49C1C #DFC32F #E7D264

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B49C1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B49C1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C1C

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C1C	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)

#B3A027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.136 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb867',
    500: '#b49c1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c1c;
$custom-light: #cfb867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69379,
    "c": 0.13629,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C1C

secondary

#6071CC

accent

#55F038

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C1C

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

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