#B49E2E#B49E2E

#B49E2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.129 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E2E
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -4.01, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 58.03, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0171 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.129 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5440, 34.3559, 7.5541)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E2E #2E44B4

analogous

#B45B2E #B49E2E #87B42E

triadic

#B49E2E #2EB49E #9E2EB4

tetradic

#B49E2E #2EB45B #2E44B4 #B42E87

square

#B49E2E #2EB45B #2E44B4 #B42E87

split-complementary

#B49E2E #2E87B4 #5B2EB4

monochromatic

#534815 #837322 #B49E2E #D2BC4E #DECE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B49E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B49E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E2E

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E2E	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)

#AE9A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.129 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba6f',
    500: '#b49e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e2e;
$custom-light: #ceba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69905,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E2E

secondary

#7784C7

accent

#5FE245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E2E

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

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