#B49E2F#B49E2F

#B49E2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.128 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E2F
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -3.97, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 57.66, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0169 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.128 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5639, 34.3639, 7.6591)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E2F #2F45B4

analogous

#B45C2F #B49E2F #88B42F

triadic

#B49E2F #2FB49E #9E2FB4

tetradic

#B49E2F #2FB45C #2F45B4 #B42F88

square

#B49E2F #2FB45C #2F45B4 #B42F88

split-complementary

#B49E2F #2F88B4 #5C2FB4

monochromatic

#534916 #837322 #B49E2F #D1BC4F #DECE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B49E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B49E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E2F

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E2F	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)

#AE9A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.128 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba6f',
    500: '#b49e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e2f;
$custom-light: #ceba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.075,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69912,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E2F

secondary

#7885C7

accent

#60E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E2F

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

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