#B49C2B#B49C2B

#B49C2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.129 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C2B
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -3.07, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 58.55, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0147 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.129 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1485, 33.6563, 7.1407)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C2B #2B43B4

analogous

#B4572B #B49C2B #87B42B

triadic

#B49C2B #2BB49C #9C2BB4

tetradic

#B49C2B #2BB457 #2B43B4 #B42B87

square

#B49C2B #2BB457 #2B43B4 #B42B87

split-complementary

#B49C2B #2B87B4 #572BB4

monochromatic

#514613 #83711F #B49C2B #D3BB49 #DFCE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B49C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#B49C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C2B

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C2B	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.129 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb86d',
    500: '#b49c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c2b;
$custom-light: #ceb86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69459,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C2B

secondary

#7382C7

accent

#60E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C2B

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

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