#B49F1C#B49F1C

#B49F1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.138 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F1C
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 28)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 84.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -5.20, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 63.99, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0221 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.138 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4318, 34.5851, 6.1184)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F1C #1C31B4

analogous

#B4531C #B49F1C #7DB41C

triadic

#B49F1C #1CB49F #9F1CB4

tetradic

#B49F1C #1CB453 #1C31B4 #B41C7D

square

#B49F1C #1CB453 #1C31B4 #B41C7D

split-complementary

#B49F1C #1C7DB4 #531CB4

monochromatic

#4A410C #7F7014 #B49F1C #DFC62F #E7D564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B49F1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B49F1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F1C

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F1C	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: #b49f1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.138 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba67',
    500: '#b49f1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f1c;
$custom-light: #cfba67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.711,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70019,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F1C

secondary

#606FCC

accent

#51F038

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F1C

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

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