#B49E2D#B49E2D

#B49E2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.129 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E2D
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -4.06, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 58.40, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0173 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.129 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5245, 34.3481, 7.4515)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E2D #2D43B4

analogous

#B45B2D #B49E2D #87B42D

triadic

#B49E2D #2DB49E #9E2DB4

tetradic

#B49E2D #2DB45B #2D43B4 #B42D87

square

#B49E2D #2DB45B #2D43B4 #B42D87

split-complementary

#B49E2D #2D87B4 #5B2DB4

monochromatic

#524815 #837321 #B49E2D #D2BC4C #DECF7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B49E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B49E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E2D

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E2D	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.129 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba6e',
    500: '#b49e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e2d;
$custom-light: #ceba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69898,
    "c": 0.12932,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E2D

secondary

#7683C7

accent

#5EE345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E2D

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

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