#B49E31#B49E31

#B49E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.127 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E31
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -3.87, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 56.91, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0164 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.127 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6052, 34.3804, 7.8765)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E31 #3147B4

analogous

#B45D31 #B49E31 #88B431

triadic

#B49E31 #31B49E #9E31B4

tetradic

#B49E31 #31B45D #3147B4 #B43188

square

#B49E31 #31B45D #3147B4 #B43188

split-complementary

#B49E31 #3188B4 #5D31B4

monochromatic

#544A17 #847424 #B49E31 #D0BB52 #DDCE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B49E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B49E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E31

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E31	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.127 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba70',
    500: '#b49e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e31;
$custom-light: #ceba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69926,
    "c": 0.12683,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E31

secondary

#7B87C6

accent

#61E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E31

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

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