#B49E1C#B49E1C

#B49E1C 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	#B49E1C
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 28)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 84.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -4.67, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 63.73, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0206 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.138 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2605, 34.2425, 6.0613)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E1C #1C32B4

analogous

#B4521C #B49E1C #7EB41C

triadic

#B49E1C #1CB49E #9E1CB4

tetradic

#B49E1C #1CB452 #1C32B4 #B41C7E

square

#B49E1C #1CB452 #1C32B4 #B41C7E

split-complementary

#B49E1C #1C7EB4 #521CB4

monochromatic

#4A410C #7F7014 #B49E1C #DFC52F #E7D464

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B49E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B49E1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E1C

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E1C	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: #b49e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.138 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba67',
    500: '#b49e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e1c;
$custom-light: #cfba67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.316,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69805,
    "c": 0.13769,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E1C

secondary

#6070CC

accent

#53F038

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E1C

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

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