#B49E36#B49E36

#B49E36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.123 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E36
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -3.62, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 54.94, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0151 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.123 97)
XYZ	xyz(31.7166, 34.4250, 8.4634)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E36 #364CB4

analogous

#B45F36 #B49E36 #8BB436

triadic

#B49E36 #36B49E #9E36B4

tetradic

#B49E36 #36B45F #364CB4 #B4368B

square

#B49E36 #36B45F #364CB4 #B4368B

split-complementary

#B49E36 #368BB4 #5F36B4

monochromatic

#564B1A #857528 #B49E36 #CDB95A #DCCD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B49E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B49E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E36

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E36	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)

#AE9A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.123 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba73',
    500: '#b49e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e36;
$custom-light: #ceba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69965,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.34423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E36

secondary

#808CC6

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E36

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

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