#B49E1B#B49E1B

#B49E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.138 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E1B
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 27)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -4.70, 63.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 63.98, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0207 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.138 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2488, 34.2378, 5.9993)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E1B #1B31B4

analogous

#B4521B #B49E1B #7DB41B

triadic

#B49E1B #1BB49E #9E1BB4

tetradic

#B49E1B #1BB452 #1B31B4 #B41B7D

square

#B49E1B #1BB452 #1B31B4 #B41B7D

split-complementary

#B49E1B #1B7DB4 #521BB4

monochromatic

#4A410B #7F6F13 #B49E1B #DFC62D #E7D462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B49E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B49E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E1B

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E1B	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.138 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba66',
    500: '#b49e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e1b;
$custom-light: #cfba66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.373,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69801,
    "c": 0.13807,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E1B

secondary

#5F6ECC

accent

#52F137

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E1B

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

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