#B49C1F#B49C1F

#B49C1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.135 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C1F
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 31)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 82.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -3.51, 62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 62.39, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0171 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.135 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9599, 33.5809, 6.1471)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C1F #1F37B4

analogous

#B4521F #B49C1F #82B41F

triadic

#B49C1F #1FB49C #9C1FB4

tetradic

#B49C1F #1FB452 #1F37B4 #B41F82

square

#B49C1F #1FB452 #1F37B4 #B41F82

split-complementary

#B49C1F #1F82B4 #521FB4

monochromatic

#4C420D #806F16 #B49C1F #DCC134 #E5D168

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B49C1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B49C1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C1F

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C1F	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.135 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb868',
    500: '#b49c1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c1f;
$custom-light: #cfb868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.336,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69392,
    "c": 0.13506,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C1F

secondary

#6475CB

accent

#57ED3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C1F

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

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