#B49E33#B49E33

#B49E33 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	#B49E33
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 71.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -3.78, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 56.13, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.0159 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.126 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6483, 34.3976, 8.1037)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E33 #3349B4

analogous

#B45D33 #B49E33 #8AB433

triadic

#B49E33 #33B49E #9E33B4

tetradic

#B49E33 #33B45D #3349B4 #B4338A

square

#B49E33 #33B45D #3349B4 #B4338A

split-complementary

#B49E33 #338AB4 #5D33B4

monochromatic

#554A18 #847425 #B49E33 #CFBA55 #DCCE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B49E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B49E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E33

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E33	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)

#AE9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.126 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba71',
    500: '#b49e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e33;
$custom-light: #ceba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69941,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E33

secondary

#7D89C6

accent

#62DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E33

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

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