#B49C32#B49C32

#B49C32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.125 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C32
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 50)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 72.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -2.75, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 55.93, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0131 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.125 96)
XYZ	xyz(31.2882, 33.7122, 7.8761)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C32 #324AB4

analogous

#B45B32 #B49C32 #8BB432

triadic

#B49C32 #32B49C #9C32B4

tetradic

#B49C32 #32B45B #324AB4 #B4328B

square

#B49C32 #32B45B #324AB4 #B4328B

split-complementary

#B49C32 #328BB4 #5B32B4

monochromatic

#544917 #847225 #B49C32 #CFB954 #DDCC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B49C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B49C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C32

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C32	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)

#AC9922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.125 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb871',
    500: '#b49c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c32;
$custom-light: #ceb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69509,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.33711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C32

secondary

#7C89C6

accent

#64E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C32

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

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