#B49F34#B49F34

#B49F34 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	#B49F34
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 71.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -4.26, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 56.04, 94.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0172 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.126 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8419, 34.7491, 8.2782)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F34 #3449B4

analogous

#B45F34 #B49F34 #89B434

triadic

#B49F34 #34B49F #9F34B4

tetradic

#B49F34 #34B45F #3449B4 #B43489

square

#B49F34 #34B45F #3449B4 #B43489

split-complementary

#B49F34 #3489B4 #5F34B4

monochromatic

#554B19 #857526 #B49F34 #CEBB57 #DCCE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B49F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B49F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F34

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F34	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)

#AF9B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.126 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb72',
    500: '#b49f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f34;
$custom-light: #cebb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70162,
    "c": 0.12562,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F34

secondary

#7E8AC6

accent

#62DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F34

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

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