#B49E34#B49E34

#B49E34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.125 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E34
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 71.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -3.72, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 55.74, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0156 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.125 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6706, 34.4066, 8.2211)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E34 #344AB4

analogous

#B45E34 #B49E34 #8AB434

triadic

#B49E34 #34B49E #9E34B4

tetradic

#B49E34 #34B45E #344AB4 #B4348A

square

#B49E34 #34B45E #344AB4 #B4348A

split-complementary

#B49E34 #348AB4 #5E34B4

monochromatic

#554B19 #857426 #B49E34 #CEBA57 #DCCD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B49E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B49E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E34

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E34	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#AE9A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.125 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba72',
    500: '#b49e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e34;
$custom-light: #ceba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69949,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E34

secondary

#7E8AC6

accent

#63DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E34

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

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