#B49D38#B49D38

#B49D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.121 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D38
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -2.97, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 53.81, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.013 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.121 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5947, 34.1044, 8.6592)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D38 #384FB4

analogous

#B45F38 #B49D38 #8DB438

triadic

#B49D38 #38B49D #9D38B4

tetradic

#B49D38 #38B45F #384FB4 #B4388D

square

#B49D38 #38B45F #384FB4 #B4388D

split-complementary

#B49D38 #388DB4 #5F38B4

monochromatic

#574C1B #857429 #B49D38 #CDB85D #DBCC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B49D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B49D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D38

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D38	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)

#AD9A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.121 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb974',
    500: '#b49d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d38;
$custom-light: #ceb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6977,
    "c": 0.1213,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D38

secondary

#828FC5

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D38

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

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