#B49D39#B49D39

#B49D39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.121 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D39
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 68.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -2.92, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 53.39, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0127 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.121 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6194, 34.1143, 8.7893)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D39 #3950B4

analogous

#B45F39 #B49D39 #8EB439

triadic

#B49D39 #39B49D #9D39B4

tetradic

#B49D39 #39B45F #3950B4 #B4398E

square

#B49D39 #39B45F #3950B4 #B4398E

split-complementary

#B49D39 #398EB4 #5F39B4

monochromatic

#574C1C #86742A #B49D39 #CCB85E #DBCC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B49D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B49D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D39

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D39	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#AD9A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.121 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb975',
    500: '#b49d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d39;
$custom-light: #ceb975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.78,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69778,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D39

secondary

#8390C5

accent

#67DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D39

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

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