#B49D36#B49D36

#B49D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.123 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D36
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -3.08, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 54.63, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0136 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.123 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5468, 34.0852, 8.4068)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D36 #364DB4

analogous

#B45E36 #B49D36 #8CB436

triadic

#B49D36 #36B49D #9D36B4

tetradic

#B49D36 #36B45E #364DB4 #B4368C

square

#B49D36 #36B45E #364DB4 #B4368C

split-complementary

#B49D36 #368CB4 #5E36B4

monochromatic

#564B1A #857428 #B49D36 #CDB85A #DCCC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B49D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B49D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D36

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D36	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.123 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb973',
    500: '#b49d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d36;
$custom-light: #ceb973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69753,
    "c": 0.12272,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D36

secondary

#808DC6

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D36

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

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