#B49237#B49237

#B49237 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.115 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49237
RGB	rgb(180, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, 2.94, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 51.21, 86.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% 0.0038 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.115 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7925, 30.5388, 7.9391)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49237 #3759B4

analogous

#B45337 #B49237 #97B437

triadic

#B49237 #37B492 #9237B4

tetradic

#B49237 #37B453 #3759B4 #B43797

square

#B49237 #37B453 #3759B4 #B43797

split-complementary

#B49237 #3797B4 #5337B4

monochromatic

#56461A #856C29 #B49237 #CDAE5B #DBC58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#B49237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#B49237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49237

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49237	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.115 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb173',
    500: '#b49237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49237;
$custom-light: #ceb173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.68,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67455,
    "c": 0.11499,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49237

secondary

#8194C6

accent

#73DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49237

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

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