#B49C30#B49C30

#B49C30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.126 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C30
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 48)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 73.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -2.85, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 56.70, 92.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0136 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.126 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2460, 33.6953, 7.6538)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C30 #3048B4

analogous

#B45A30 #B49C30 #8AB430

triadic

#B49C30 #30B49C #9C30B4

tetradic

#B49C30 #30B45A #3048B4 #B4308A

square

#B49C30 #30B45A #3048B4 #B4308A

split-complementary

#B49C30 #308AB4 #5A30B4

monochromatic

#534816 #847223 #B49C30 #D1B951 #DDCD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B49C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B49C30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C30

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C30	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)

#AC991E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.126 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb870',
    500: '#b49c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c30;
$custom-light: #ceb870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69494,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C30

secondary

#7987C6

accent

#63E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C30

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

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