#B49D31#B49D31

#B49D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.126 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D31
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -3.34, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 56.61, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0149 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.126 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4353, 34.0406, 7.8199)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D31 #3148B4

analogous

#B45C31 #B49D31 #89B431

triadic

#B49D31 #31B49D #9D31B4

tetradic

#B49D31 #31B45C #3148B4 #B43189

square

#B49D31 #31B45C #3148B4 #B43189

split-complementary

#B49D31 #3189B4 #5C31B4

monochromatic

#544917 #847324 #B49D31 #D0BA52 #DDCD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B49D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B49D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D31

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D31	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)

#AD9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.126 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb970',
    500: '#b49d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d31;
$custom-light: #ceb970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69713,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D31

secondary

#7B88C6

accent

#62E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D31

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

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