#B49C2D#B49C2D

#B49C2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.128 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C2D
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 45)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, -2.99, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 57.82, 92.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0143 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.128 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1861, 33.6714, 7.3387)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C2D #2D45B4

analogous

#B4582D #B49C2D #89B42D

triadic

#B49C2D #2DB49C #9C2DB4

tetradic

#B49C2D #2DB458 #2D45B4 #B42D89

square

#B49C2D #2DB458 #2D45B4 #B42D89

split-complementary

#B49C2D #2D89B4 #582DB4

monochromatic

#524715 #837221 #B49C2D #D2BA4C #DECD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B49C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#B49C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C2D

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C2D	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)

#AC9919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.128 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb86e',
    500: '#b49c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c2d;
$custom-light: #ceb86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69473,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C2D

secondary

#7684C7

accent

#61E345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C2D

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

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