#B49D2B#B49D2B

#B49D2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.130 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D2B
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -3.61, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 58.83, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0163 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.13 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3170, 33.9933, 7.1969)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D2B #2B42B4

analogous

#B4582B #B49D2B #86B42B

triadic

#B49D2B #2BB49D #9D2BB4

tetradic

#B49D2B #2BB458 #2B42B4 #B42B86

square

#B49D2B #2BB458 #2B42B4 #B42B86

split-complementary

#B49D2B #2B86B4 #582BB4

monochromatic

#514713 #83721F #B49D2B #D3BC49 #DFCE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B49D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B49D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D2B

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D2B	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.130 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb96d',
    500: '#b49d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d2b;
$custom-light: #ceb96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69672,
    "c": 0.12976,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D2B

secondary

#7382C7

accent

#5EE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D2B

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

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