#B49F39#B49F39

#B49F39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.122 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F39
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 68.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -3.99, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 54.01, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.0158 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.122 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9605, 34.7965, 8.9030)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F39 #394EB4

analogous

#B46239 #B49F39 #8CB439

triadic

#B49F39 #39B49F #9F39B4

tetradic

#B49F39 #39B462 #394EB4 #B4398C

square

#B49F39 #39B462 #394EB4 #B4398C

split-complementary

#B49F39 #398CB4 #6239B4

monochromatic

#574D1C #86762A #B49F39 #CCB95E #DBCD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B49F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B49F39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F39

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F39	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)

#AF9B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.122 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb75',
    500: '#b49f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f39;
$custom-light: #cebb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70203,
    "c": 0.12209,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F39

secondary

#838FC5

accent

#65DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F39

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

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