#B49D30#B49D30

#B49D30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.127 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D30
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 48)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 73.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -3.39, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 56.99, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0151 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.127 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4144, 34.0323, 7.7099)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D30 #3047B4

analogous

#B45B30 #B49D30 #89B430

triadic

#B49D30 #30B49D #9D30B4

tetradic

#B49D30 #30B45B #3047B4 #B43089

square

#B49D30 #30B45B #3047B4 #B43089

split-complementary

#B49D30 #3089B4 #5B30B4

monochromatic

#534916 #847323 #B49D30 #D1BA51 #DDCD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B49D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B49D30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D30

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D30	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD991E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.127 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb970',
    500: '#b49d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d30;
$custom-light: #ceb970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69706,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D30

secondary

#7987C6

accent

#62E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D30

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

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