#B49E35#B49E35

#B49E35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.124 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E35
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -3.67, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 55.34, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0154 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.124 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6934, 34.4157, 8.3410)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E35 #354BB4

analogous

#B45E35 #B49E35 #8AB435

triadic

#B49E35 #35B49E #9E35B4

tetradic

#B49E35 #35B45E #354BB4 #B4358A

square

#B49E35 #35B45E #354BB4 #B4358A

split-complementary

#B49E35 #358AB4 #5E35B4

monochromatic

#554B19 #857427 #B49E35 #CEBA58 #DCCD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B49E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B49E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E35

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E35	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)

#AE9A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.124 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba73',
    500: '#b49e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e35;
$custom-light: #ceba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69957,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E35

secondary

#7F8BC6

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E35

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

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