#B49E30#B49E30

#B49E30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.127 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E30
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 48)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 73.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -3.92, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 57.29, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0166 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.127 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5843, 34.3720, 7.7666)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E30 #3046B4

analogous

#B45C30 #B49E30 #88B430

triadic

#B49E30 #30B49E #9E30B4

tetradic

#B49E30 #30B45C #3046B4 #B43088

square

#B49E30 #30B45C #3046B4 #B43088

split-complementary

#B49E30 #3088B4 #5C30B4

monochromatic

#534916 #847423 #B49E30 #D1BB51 #DDCE81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B49E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B49E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E30

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E30	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)

#AE9A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.127 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba70',
    500: '#b49e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e30;
$custom-light: #ceba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69919,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E30

secondary

#7986C6

accent

#60E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E30

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

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