#B49D33#B49D33

#B49D33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.125 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D33
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 71.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -3.24, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 55.83, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0144 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.125 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4785, 34.0579, 8.0471)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D33 #334AB4

analogous

#B45C33 #B49D33 #8BB433

triadic

#B49D33 #33B49D #9D33B4

tetradic

#B49D33 #33B45C #334AB4 #B4338B

square

#B49D33 #33B45C #334AB4 #B4338B

split-complementary

#B49D33 #338BB4 #5C33B4

monochromatic

#554A18 #847325 #B49D33 #CFB955 #DCCD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B49D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B49D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D33

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D33	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)

#AD9923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.125 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb971',
    500: '#b49d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d33;
$custom-light: #ceb971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69729,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D33

secondary

#7D8AC6

accent

#63DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D33

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

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