#B49E1F#B49E1F

#B49E1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.136 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E1F
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 31)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 82.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -4.58, 62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 62.92, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0201 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.136 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2982, 34.2576, 6.2599)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E1F #1F35B4

analogous

#B4541F #B49E1F #80B41F

triadic

#B49E1F #1FB49E #9E1FB4

tetradic

#B49E1F #1FB454 #1F35B4 #B41F80

square

#B49E1F #1FB454 #1F35B4 #B41F80

split-complementary

#B49E1F #1F80B4 #541FB4

monochromatic

#4C420D #807016 #B49E1F #DCC334 #E5D368

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B49E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B49E1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E1F

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E1F	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#B4A129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.136 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba68',
    500: '#b49e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e1f;
$custom-light: #cfba68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.141,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69819,
    "c": 0.13646,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E1F

secondary

#6473CB

accent

#55ED3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E1F

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

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