#B49F35#B49F35

#B49F35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.125 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F35
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -4.21, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 55.65, 94.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0169 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.125 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8647, 34.7582, 8.3981)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F35 #354AB4

analogous

#B46035 #B49F35 #89B435

triadic

#B49F35 #35B49F #9F35B4

tetradic

#B49F35 #35B460 #354AB4 #B43589

square

#B49F35 #35B460 #354AB4 #B43589

split-complementary

#B49F35 #3589B4 #6035B4

monochromatic

#554B19 #857527 #B49F35 #CEBA58 #DCCE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B49F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B49F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F35

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F35	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)

#AF9B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.125 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb73',
    500: '#b49f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f35;
$custom-light: #cebb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.079,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7017,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F35

secondary

#7F8BC6

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F35

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

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