#B29949#B29949

#B29949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.104 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29949
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -0.57, 44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 44.72, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0039 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.104 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9553, 32.7300, 10.9891)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29949 #4962B2

analogous

#B26449 #B29949 #97B249

triadic

#B29949 #49B299 #9949B2

tetradic

#B29949 #49B264 #4962B2 #B24997

square

#B29949 #49B264 #4962B2 #B24997

split-complementary

#B29949 #4997B2 #6449B2

monochromatic

#5B4E25 #877437 #B29949 #C5B273 #D7CA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B29949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#B29949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29949

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29949	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.104 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb67e',
    500: '#b29949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29949;
$custom-light: #ccb67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68903,
    "c": 0.10406,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29949

secondary

#939FC4

accent

#74D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29949

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

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