#B49D1E#B49D1E

#B49D1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.136 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D1E
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 30)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 83.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -4.08, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 62.93, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0188 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.136 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1154, 33.9127, 6.1349)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D1E #1E35B4

analogous

#B4521E #B49D1E #80B41E

triadic

#B49D1E #1EB49D #9D1EB4

tetradic

#B49D1E #1EB452 #1E35B4 #B41E80

square

#B49D1E #1EB452 #1E35B4 #B41E80

split-complementary

#B49D1E #1E80B4 #521EB4

monochromatic

#4B410D #806F15 #B49D1E #DDC332 #E6D267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B49D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B49D1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D1E

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D1E	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)

#B4A128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.136 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb967',
    500: '#b49d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d1e;
$custom-light: #cfb967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.8,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69601,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D1E

secondary

#6373CB

accent

#55EE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D1E

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

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