#B49D3A#B49D3A

#B49D3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.120 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D3A
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 67.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -2.86, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 52.97, 93.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0125 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.12 96)
XYZ	xyz(31.6446, 34.1243, 8.9220)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D3A #3A51B4

analogous

#B4603A #B49D3A #8EB43A

triadic

#B49D3A #3AB49D #9D3AB4

tetradic

#B49D3A #3AB460 #3A51B4 #B43A8E

square

#B49D3A #3AB460 #3A51B4 #B43A8E

split-complementary

#B49D3A #3A8EB4 #603AB4

monochromatic

#574C1C #86752B #B49D3A #CCB760 #DBCC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B49D3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B49D3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D3A

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D3A	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)

#AD9A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.120 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb975',
    500: '#b49d3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d3a;
$custom-light: #ceb975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69787,
    "c": 0.11983,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.34123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D3A

secondary

#8591C5

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D3A

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

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