#B49C31#B49C31

#B49C31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.125 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C31
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -2.80, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 56.32, 92.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0133 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.125 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2668, 33.7036, 7.7637)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C31 #3149B4

analogous

#B45B31 #B49C31 #8AB431

triadic

#B49C31 #31B49C #9C31B4

tetradic

#B49C31 #31B45B #3149B4 #B4318A

square

#B49C31 #31B45B #3149B4 #B4318A

split-complementary

#B49C31 #318AB4 #5B31B4

monochromatic

#544917 #847224 #B49C31 #D0B952 #DDCC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B49C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B49C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C31

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C31	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)

#AC9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.125 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb870',
    500: '#b49c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c31;
$custom-light: #ceb870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69501,
    "c": 0.12537,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C31

secondary

#7B88C6

accent

#63E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C31

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

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