#B49D1B#B49D1B

#B49D1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.137 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D1B
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 27)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -4.16, 63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 63.72, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0192 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.137 98)
XYZ	xyz(31.0789, 33.8981, 5.9427)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D1B #1B32B4

analogous

#B4501B #B49D1B #7FB41B

triadic

#B49D1B #1BB49D #9D1BB4

tetradic

#B49D1B #1BB450 #1B32B4 #B41B7F

square

#B49D1B #1BB450 #1B32B4 #B41B7F

split-complementary

#B49D1B #1B7FB4 #501BB4

monochromatic

#4A400B #7F6F13 #B49D1B #DFC52D #E7D362

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B49D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B49D1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D1B

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D1B	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.137 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb966',
    500: '#b49d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d1b;
$custom-light: #cfb966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.98,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69588,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.33896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D1B

secondary

#5F6FCC

accent

#53F137

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D1B

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

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