#B49D1C#B49D1C

#B49D1C 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	#B49D1C
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 28)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 84.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -4.13, 63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 63.47, 93.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0191 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.137 98)
XYZ	xyz(31.0907, 33.9028, 6.0047)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D1C #1C33B4

analogous

#B4511C #B49D1C #7FB41C

triadic

#B49D1C #1CB49D #9D1CB4

tetradic

#B49D1C #1CB451 #1C33B4 #B41C7F

square

#B49D1C #1CB451 #1C33B4 #B41C7F

split-complementary

#B49D1C #1C7FB4 #511CB4

monochromatic

#4A410C #7F6F14 #B49D1C #DFC42F #E7D364

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B49D1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B49D1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D1C

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D1C	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)

#B4A127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.137 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb967',
    500: '#b49d1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d1c;
$custom-light: #cfb967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.921,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69592,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.33901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D1C

secondary

#6070CC

accent

#54F038

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D1C

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

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