#B49F2D#B49F2D

#B49F2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.130 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F2D
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, -4.59, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 58.69, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0189 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.13 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6958, 34.6906, 7.5086)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F2D #2D42B4

analogous

#B45C2D #B49F2D #86B42D

triadic

#B49F2D #2DB49F #9F2DB4

tetradic

#B49F2D #2DB45C #2D42B4 #B42D86

square

#B49F2D #2DB45C #2D42B4 #B42D86

split-complementary

#B49F2D #2D86B4 #5C2DB4

monochromatic

#524915 #837421 #B49F2D #D2BD4C #DECF7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B49F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B49F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F2D

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F2D	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.130 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb6e',
    500: '#b49f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f2d;
$custom-light: #cebb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70111,
    "c": 0.13006,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F2D

secondary

#7682C7

accent

#5DE345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F2D

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

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