#B49D2D#B49D2D

#B49D2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.129 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D2D
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -3.52, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 58.11, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.0158 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.129 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3546, 34.0084, 7.3949)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D2D #2D44B4

analogous

#B45A2D #B49D2D #88B42D

triadic

#B49D2D #2DB49D #9D2DB4

tetradic

#B49D2D #2DB45A #2D44B4 #B42D88

square

#B49D2D #2DB45A #2D44B4 #B42D88

split-complementary

#B49D2D #2D88B4 #5A2DB4

monochromatic

#524815 #837221 #B49D2D #D2BB4C #DECE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B49D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B49D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D2D

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D2D	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)

#AD9919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.129 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb96e',
    500: '#b49d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d2d;
$custom-light: #ceb96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69685,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D2D

secondary

#7684C7

accent

#60E345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D2D

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

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