#B49F1B#B49F1B

#B49F1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.139 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F1B
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 27)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -5.23, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 64.25, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0222 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.139 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4200, 34.5803, 6.0564)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F1B #1B30B4

analogous

#B4531B #B49F1B #7CB41B

triadic

#B49F1B #1BB49F #9F1BB4

tetradic

#B49F1B #1BB453 #1B30B4 #B41B7C

square

#B49F1B #1BB453 #1B30B4 #B41B7C

split-complementary

#B49F1B #1B7CB4 #531BB4

monochromatic

#4A410B #7F7013 #B49F1B #DFC72D #E7D562

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B49F1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B49F1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F1B

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F1B	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.139 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba67',
    500: '#b49f1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f1b;
$custom-light: #cfba67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70015,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F1B

secondary

#5F6ECC

accent

#51F137

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F1B

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

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