#B49D32#B49D32

#B49D32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.125 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D32
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 72.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -3.29, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 56.22, 93.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0146 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.125 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4567, 34.0492, 7.9322)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D32 #3249B4

analogous

#B45C32 #B49D32 #8AB432

triadic

#B49D32 #32B49D #9D32B4

tetradic

#B49D32 #32B45C #3249B4 #B4328A

square

#B49D32 #32B45C #3249B4 #B4328A

split-complementary

#B49D32 #328AB4 #5C32B4

monochromatic

#544917 #847325 #B49D32 #CFBA54 #DDCD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B49D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B49D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D32

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D32	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)

#AD9921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.125 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb971',
    500: '#b49d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d32;
$custom-light: #ceb971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69721,
    "c": 0.12544,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D32

secondary

#7C89C6

accent

#63E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D32

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

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