#B49E37#B49E37

#B49E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.123 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E37
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -3.56, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 54.53, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0148 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.123 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7404, 34.4345, 8.5883)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E37 #374DB4

analogous

#B45F37 #B49E37 #8BB437

triadic

#B49E37 #37B49E #9E37B4

tetradic

#B49E37 #37B45F #374DB4 #B4378B

square

#B49E37 #37B45F #374DB4 #B4378B

split-complementary

#B49E37 #378BB4 #5F37B4

monochromatic

#564C1A #857529 #B49E37 #CDB95B #DBCD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B49E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B49E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E37

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E37	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.123 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba74',
    500: '#b49e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e37;
$custom-light: #ceba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69973,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E37

secondary

#818DC6

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E37

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

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