#B49D37#B49D37

#B49D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.122 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D37
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, -3.03, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 54.22, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0133 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.122 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5705, 34.0947, 8.5317)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D37 #374EB4

analogous

#B45E37 #B49D37 #8CB437

triadic

#B49D37 #37B49D #9D37B4

tetradic

#B49D37 #37B45E #374EB4 #B4378C

square

#B49D37 #37B45E #374EB4 #B4378C

split-complementary

#B49D37 #378CB4 #5E37B4

monochromatic

#564B1A #857429 #B49D37 #CDB85B #DBCC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B49D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B49D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D37

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D37	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)

#AD9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.122 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb974',
    500: '#b49d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d37;
$custom-light: #ceb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69761,
    "c": 0.12202,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D37

secondary

#818EC6

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D37

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

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