#B49F36#B49F36

#B49F36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.124 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F36
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -4.15, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 55.24, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0166 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.124 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8879, 34.7675, 8.5205)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F36 #364BB4

analogous

#B46036 #B49F36 #8AB436

triadic

#B49F36 #36B49F #9F36B4

tetradic

#B49F36 #36B460 #364BB4 #B4368A

square

#B49F36 #36B460 #364BB4 #B4368A

split-complementary

#B49F36 #368AB4 #6036B4

monochromatic

#564C1A #857528 #B49F36 #CDBA5A #DCCE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B49F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B49F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F36

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F36	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)

#AF9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.124 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb73',
    500: '#b49f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f36;
$custom-light: #cebb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70178,
    "c": 0.12424,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F36

secondary

#808CC6

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F36

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

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