#B49C35#B49C35

#B49C35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.123 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C35
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -2.60, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 54.74, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0123 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.123 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3550, 33.7389, 8.2282)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C35 #354DB4

analogous

#B45C35 #B49C35 #8CB435

triadic

#B49C35 #35B49C #9C35B4

tetradic

#B49C35 #35B45C #354DB4 #B4358C

square

#B49C35 #35B45C #354DB4 #B4358C

split-complementary

#B49C35 #358CB4 #5C35B4

monochromatic

#554A19 #857327 #B49C35 #CEB858 #DCCC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B49C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B49C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C35

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C35	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.123 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb872',
    500: '#b49c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c35;
$custom-light: #ceb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69532,
    "c": 0.12269,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C35

secondary

#7F8CC6

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C35

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

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