#B49E32#B49E32

#B49E32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.126 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B49E32
RGBrgb(180, 158, 50)
HSLhsl(50, 57%, 45%)
HSVhsv(50, 72%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.2%, 72.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(65.27, -3.83, 56.39)
CIE-LCHlch(65.27, 56.52, 93.88°)
OKLaboklab(69.93% -0.0161 0.1252)
OKLCHoklch(69.93% 0.126 97.3)
XYZxyz(31.6265, 34.3889, 7.9889)
Luminance0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B49E32 #3248B4
analogous
#B45D32 #B49E32 #89B432
triadic
#B49E32 #32B49E #9E32B4
tetradic
#B49E32 #32B45D #3248B4 #B43289
square
#B49E32 #32B45D #3248B4 #B43289
split-complementary
#B49E32 #3289B4 #5D32B4
monochromatic
#544A17 #847425 #B49E32 #CFBB54 #DDCE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67
#B49E32 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88
#B49E32 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E32
7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B49E32#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B49E321.002.677.887.88
#FFFFFF2.671.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8821.001.001.00
##0000007.8821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9A21
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A238
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C29289
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b49e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.126 97.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba71',
    500: '#b49e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b49e32;
$custom-light: #ceba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b49e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69934,
    "c": 0.12619,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B49E32
secondary
#7C88C6
accent
#62E048
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF6ED
border
#D3D0C8
text
#141108
muted
#83807B

Preview Lab

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#B49E32 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva