#B49F37#B49F37

#B49F37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.124 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F37
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -4.10, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 54.84, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0164 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.124 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9116, 34.7770, 8.6454)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F37 #374CB4

analogous

#B46037 #B49F37 #8AB437

triadic

#B49F37 #37B49F #9F37B4

tetradic

#B49F37 #37B460 #374CB4 #B4378A

square

#B49F37 #37B460 #374CB4 #B4378A

split-complementary

#B49F37 #378AB4 #6037B4

monochromatic

#564C1A #857629 #B49F37 #CDBA5B #DBCE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B49F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B49F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F37

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F37	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)

#AF9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.124 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb74',
    500: '#b49f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f37;
$custom-light: #cebb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70186,
    "c": 0.12354,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F37

secondary

#818DC6

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F37

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

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