#B49F2B#B49F2B

#B49F2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F2B
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -4.68, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 59.41, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0193 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6582, 34.6756, 7.3106)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F2B #2B40B4

analogous

#B45A2B #B49F2B #84B42B

triadic

#B49F2B #2BB49F #9F2BB4

tetradic

#B49F2B #2BB45A #2B40B4 #B42B84

square

#B49F2B #2BB45A #2B40B4 #B42B84

split-complementary

#B49F2B #2B84B4 #5A2BB4

monochromatic

#514813 #83731F #B49F2B #D3BE49 #DFD07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B49F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B49F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F2B

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F2B	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb6d',
    500: '#b49f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f2b;
$custom-light: #cebb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70098,
    "c": 0.13123,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F2B

secondary

#7380C7

accent

#5CE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F2B

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

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