#B49F38#B49F38

#B49F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.123 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F38
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -4.04, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 54.43, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0161 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.123 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9358, 34.7867, 8.7730)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F38 #384DB4

analogous

#B46138 #B49F38 #8BB438

triadic

#B49F38 #38B49F #9F38B4

tetradic

#B49F38 #38B461 #384DB4 #B4388B

square

#B49F38 #38B461 #384DB4 #B4388B

split-complementary

#B49F38 #388BB4 #6138B4

monochromatic

#574D1B #857629 #B49F38 #CDBA5D #DBCE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B49F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B49F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F38

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F38	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.123 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb74',
    500: '#b49f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f38;
$custom-light: #cebb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70195,
    "c": 0.12282,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F38

secondary

#828EC5

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F38

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

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