#B49D2E#B49D2E

#B49D2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.128 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D2E
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -3.48, 57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 57.74, 93.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.0156 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.128 97)
XYZ	xyz(31.3741, 34.0161, 7.4975)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D2E #2E45B4

analogous

#B45A2E #B49D2E #88B42E

triadic

#B49D2E #2EB49D #9D2EB4

tetradic

#B49D2E #2EB45A #2E45B4 #B42E88

square

#B49D2E #2EB45A #2E45B4 #B42E88

split-complementary

#B49D2E #2E88B4 #5A2EB4

monochromatic

#534815 #837222 #B49D2E #D2BB4E #DECE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B49D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B49D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D2E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D2E	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)

#AD991B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.128 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb96f',
    500: '#b49d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d2e;
$custom-light: #ceb96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69692,
    "c": 0.12797,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.34014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D2E

secondary

#7785C7

accent

#60E245

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D2E

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

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