#B49C36#B49C36

#B49C36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.122 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C36
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -2.54, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 54.33, 92.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.012 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.122 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3783, 33.7482, 8.3506)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C36 #364EB4

analogous

#B45D36 #B49C36 #8DB436

triadic

#B49C36 #36B49C #9C36B4

tetradic

#B49C36 #36B45D #364EB4 #B4368D

square

#B49C36 #36B45D #364EB4 #B4368D

split-complementary

#B49C36 #368DB4 #5D36B4

monochromatic

#564A1A #857328 #B49C36 #CDB75A #DCCC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B49C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B49C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C36

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C36	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)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.122 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb873',
    500: '#b49c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c36;
$custom-light: #ceb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69541,
    "c": 0.122,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C36

secondary

#808DC6

accent

#67DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C36

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

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