#B49D35#B49D35

#B49D35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.123 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D35
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -3.14, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 55.04, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0138 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.123 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5235, 34.0759, 8.2843)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D35 #354CB4

analogous

#B45D35 #B49D35 #8BB435

triadic

#B49D35 #35B49D #9D35B4

tetradic

#B49D35 #35B45D #354CB4 #B4358B

square

#B49D35 #35B45D #354CB4 #B4358B

split-complementary

#B49D35 #358BB4 #5D35B4

monochromatic

#554B19 #857427 #B49D35 #CEB958 #DCCD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B49D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B49D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D35

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D35	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)

#AD9A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.123 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb972',
    500: '#b49d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d35;
$custom-light: #ceb972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69744,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D35

secondary

#7F8CC6

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D35

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

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