#B49C38#B49C38

#B49C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.121 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C38
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -2.44, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 53.51, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0115 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.121 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4262, 33.7674, 8.6031)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C38 #3850B4

analogous

#B45E38 #B49C38 #8EB438

triadic

#B49C38 #38B49C #9C38B4

tetradic

#B49C38 #38B45E #3850B4 #B4388E

square

#B49C38 #38B45E #3850B4 #B4388E

split-complementary

#B49C38 #388EB4 #5E38B4

monochromatic

#574B1B #857429 #B49C38 #CDB75D #DBCC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B49C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B49C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C38

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C38	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)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.121 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb874',
    500: '#b49c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c38;
$custom-light: #ceb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69558,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C38

secondary

#828FC5

accent

#68DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C38

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

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