#B49C2F#B49C2F

#B49C2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.127 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C2F
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 47)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -2.90, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 57.08, 92.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0138 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.127 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2255, 33.6871, 7.5463)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C2F #2F47B4

analogous

#B45A2F #B49C2F #8AB42F

triadic

#B49C2F #2FB49C #9C2FB4

tetradic

#B49C2F #2FB45A #2F47B4 #B42F8A

square

#B49C2F #2FB45A #2F47B4 #B42F8A

split-complementary

#B49C2F #2F8AB4 #5A2FB4

monochromatic

#534816 #837222 #B49C2F #D1BA4F #DECD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B49C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B49C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C2F

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C2F	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC991D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.127 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb86f',
    500: '#b49c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c2f;
$custom-light: #ceb86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69486,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C2F

secondary

#7886C7

accent

#62E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C2F

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

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