#B49E38#B49E38

#B49E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.122 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E38
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -3.51, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 54.12, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0146 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.122 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7646, 34.4441, 8.7159)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E38 #384EB4

analogous

#B46038 #B49E38 #8CB438

triadic

#B49E38 #38B49E #9E38B4

tetradic

#B49E38 #38B460 #384EB4 #B4388C

square

#B49E38 #38B460 #384EB4 #B4388C

split-complementary

#B49E38 #388CB4 #6038B4

monochromatic

#574C1B #857529 #B49E38 #CDB95D #DBCD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B49E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B49E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E38

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E38	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)

#AE9A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.122 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba74',
    500: '#b49e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e38;
$custom-light: #ceba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69982,
    "c": 0.12205,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E38

secondary

#828EC5

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E38

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

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