#B49142#B49142

#B49142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.106 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49142
RGB	rgb(180, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, 4.17, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 46.09, 84.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% 0.0088 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.106 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9327, 30.3493, 9.4346)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49142 #4265B4

analogous

#B45842 #B49142 #9EB442

triadic

#B49142 #42B491 #9142B4

tetradic

#B49142 #42B458 #4265B4 #B4429E

square

#B49142 #42B458 #4265B4 #B4429E

split-complementary

#B49142 #429EB4 #5842B4

monochromatic

#5A4921 #876D32 #B49142 #C9AC6B #D9C597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#B49142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#B49142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49142

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49142	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1903A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.106 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb179',
    500: '#b49142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49142;
$custom-light: #ceb179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.579,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67359,
    "c": 0.10594,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49142

secondary

#8D9EC5

accent

#7AD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49142

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

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