#B49F3A#B49F3A

#B49F3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.121 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F3A
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 67.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -3.93, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 53.59, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0155 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.121 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9857, 34.8066, 9.0357)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F3A #3A4FB4

analogous

#B4623A #B49F3A #8CB43A

triadic

#B49F3A #3AB49F #9F3AB4

tetradic

#B49F3A #3AB462 #3A4FB4 #B43A8C

square

#B49F3A #3AB462 #3A4FB4 #B43A8C

split-complementary

#B49F3A #3A8CB4 #623AB4

monochromatic

#574D1C #86762B #B49F3A #CCB960 #DBCD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B49F3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B49F3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F3A

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F3A	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)

#AE9B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.121 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb76',
    500: '#b49f3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f3a;
$custom-light: #cebb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70212,
    "c": 0.12136,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F3A

secondary

#8590C5

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F3A

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

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