#B49F33#B49F33

#B49F33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.126 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F33
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 71.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -4.31, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 56.44, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0174 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.126 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8196, 34.7402, 8.1608)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F33 #3348B4

analogous

#B45F33 #B49F33 #88B433

triadic

#B49F33 #33B49F #9F33B4

tetradic

#B49F33 #33B45F #3348B4 #B43388

square

#B49F33 #33B45F #3348B4 #B43388

split-complementary

#B49F33 #3388B4 #5F33B4

monochromatic

#554B18 #847525 #B49F33 #CFBB55 #DCCE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B49F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B49F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F33

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F33	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.126 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb72',
    500: '#b49f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f33;
$custom-light: #cebb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70154,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F33

secondary

#7D89C6

accent

#61DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F33

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

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