#B49D1F#B49D1F

#B49D1F 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	#B49D1F
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 31)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 82.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -4.05, 62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 62.65, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0186 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.136 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1284, 33.9179, 6.2033)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D1F #1F36B4

analogous

#B4531F #B49D1F #81B41F

triadic

#B49D1F #1FB49D #9D1FB4

tetradic

#B49D1F #1FB453 #1F36B4 #B41F81

square

#B49D1F #1FB453 #1F36B4 #B41F81

split-complementary

#B49D1F #1F81B4 #531FB4

monochromatic

#4C420D #806F16 #B49D1F #DCC234 #E5D268

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B49D1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B49D1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D1F

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D1F	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)

#B4A129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.136 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb968',
    500: '#b49d1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d1f;
$custom-light: #cfb968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.738,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69605,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D1F

secondary

#6474CB

accent

#56ED3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D1F

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

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