#B49F31#B49F31

#B49F31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.128 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F31
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -4.41, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 57.21, 94.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0179 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.128 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7765, 34.7229, 7.9336)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F31 #3146B4

analogous

#B45E31 #B49F31 #87B431

triadic

#B49F31 #31B49F #9F31B4

tetradic

#B49F31 #31B45E #3146B4 #B43187

square

#B49F31 #31B45E #3146B4 #B43187

split-complementary

#B49F31 #3187B4 #5E31B4

monochromatic

#544A17 #847524 #B49F31 #D0BC52 #DDCF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B49F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B49F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F31

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F31	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	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)

#AF9B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.128 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb71',
    500: '#b49f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f31;
$custom-light: #cebb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70139,
    "c": 0.12759,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F31

secondary

#7B87C6

accent

#60E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F31

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

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