#B49E3A#B49E3A

#B49E3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.121 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E3A
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 67.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -3.40, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 53.28, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.014 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.121 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8145, 34.4641, 8.9786)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E3A #3A50B4

analogous

#B4613A #B49E3A #8DB43A

triadic

#B49E3A #3AB49E #9E3AB4

tetradic

#B49E3A #3AB461 #3A50B4 #B43A8D

square

#B49E3A #3AB461 #3A50B4 #B43A8D

split-complementary

#B49E3A #3A8DB4 #613AB4

monochromatic

#574D1C #86752B #B49E3A #CCB860 #DBCD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B49E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B49E3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E3A

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E3A	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)

#AE9A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.121 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba75',
    500: '#b49e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e3a;
$custom-light: #ceba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69999,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E3A

secondary

#8590C5

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E3A

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

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