#B49C33#B49C33

#B49C33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.124 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C33
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 71.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -2.70, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 55.54, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0128 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.124 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3100, 33.7209, 7.9909)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C33 #334BB4

analogous

#B45B33 #B49C33 #8CB433

triadic

#B49C33 #33B49C #9C33B4

tetradic

#B49C33 #33B45B #334BB4 #B4338C

square

#B49C33 #33B45B #334BB4 #B4338C

split-complementary

#B49C33 #338CB4 #5B33B4

monochromatic

#554918 #847325 #B49C33 #CFB855 #DCCC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B49C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B49C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C33

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C33	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)

#AC9923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.124 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb871',
    500: '#b49c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c33;
$custom-light: #ceb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69516,
    "c": 0.12406,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C33

secondary

#7D8AC6

accent

#65DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C33

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

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