#B49F1F#B49F1F

#B49F1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F1F
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 31)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 82.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -5.12, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 63.19, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0216 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.137 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4695, 34.6001, 6.3170)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F1F #1F34B4

analogous

#B4551F #B49F1F #7FB41F

triadic

#B49F1F #1FB49F #9F1FB4

tetradic

#B49F1F #1FB455 #1F34B4 #B41F7F

square

#B49F1F #1FB455 #1F34B4 #B41F7F

split-complementary

#B49F1F #1F7FB4 #551FB4

monochromatic

#4C430D #807116 #B49F1F #DCC434 #E5D368

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B49F1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B49F1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F1F

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F1F	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)

#B5A22A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.137 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb68',
    500: '#b49f1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f1f;
$custom-light: #cfbb68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.544,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70032,
    "c": 0.13718,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F1F

secondary

#6473CB

accent

#54ED3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F1F

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

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