#B49E39#B49E39

#B49E39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.121 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E39
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 68.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -3.45, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 53.70, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0143 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.121 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7893, 34.4540, 8.8460)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E39 #394FB4

analogous

#B46139 #B49E39 #8DB439

triadic

#B49E39 #39B49E #9E39B4

tetradic

#B49E39 #39B461 #394FB4 #B4398D

square

#B49E39 #39B461 #394FB4 #B4398D

split-complementary

#B49E39 #398DB4 #6139B4

monochromatic

#574C1C #86752A #B49E39 #CCB85E #DBCD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B49E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B49E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E39

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E39	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)

#AE9A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.121 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba75',
    500: '#b49e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e39;
$custom-light: #ceba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6999,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E39

secondary

#838FC5

accent

#66DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E39

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

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