#B49F1E#B49F1E

#B49F1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.138 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F1E
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 30)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 83.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, -5.15, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 63.46, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0218 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.138 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4565, 34.5949, 6.2486)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F1E #1E33B4

analogous

#B4541E #B49F1E #7EB41E

triadic

#B49F1E #1EB49F #9F1EB4

tetradic

#B49F1E #1EB454 #1E33B4 #B41E7E

square

#B49F1E #1EB454 #1E33B4 #B41E7E

split-complementary

#B49F1E #1E7EB4 #541EB4

monochromatic

#4B420D #807115 #B49F1E #DDC532 #E6D467

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B49F1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B49F1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F1E

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F1E	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)

#B5A229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.138 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb68',
    500: '#b49f1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f1e;
$custom-light: #cfbb68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70028,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F1E

secondary

#6371CB

accent

#53EE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F1E

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

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