#B49231#B49231

#B49231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.119 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49231
RGB	rgb(180, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, 2.62, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 53.69, 87.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% 0.0022 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.119 89)
XYZ	xyz(29.6573, 30.4847, 7.2272)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49231 #3153B4

analogous

#B45031 #B49231 #95B431

triadic

#B49231 #31B492 #9231B4

tetradic

#B49231 #31B450 #3153B4 #B43195

square

#B49231 #31B450 #3153B4 #B43195

split-complementary

#B49231 #3195B4 #5031B4

monochromatic

#544417 #846B24 #B49231 #D0AF52 #DDC682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#B49231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#B49231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49231

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49231	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.119 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb16f',
    500: '#b49231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49231;
$custom-light: #ceb16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.427,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67404,
    "c": 0.11912,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.30483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49231

secondary

#7B8EC6

accent

#6FE047

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EC

border

#D3CFC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49231

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

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