#B49249#B49249

#B49249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.100 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49249
RGB	rgb(180, 146, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, 4.12, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 43.06, 84.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% 0.0096 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.1 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3053, 30.7439, 10.6400)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49249 #496BB4

analogous

#B45D49 #B49249 #A0B449

triadic

#B49249 #49B492 #9249B4

tetradic

#B49249 #49B45D #496BB4 #B449A0

square

#B49249 #49B45D #496BB4 #B449A0

split-complementary

#B49249 #49A0B4 #5D49B4

monochromatic

#5D4B26 #886F37 #B49249 #C7AC74 #D8C69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#B49249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#B49249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49249

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49249	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 146, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.100 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb17e',
    500: '#b49249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49249;
$custom-light: #cdb17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.935,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67648,
    "c": 0.10041,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49249

secondary

#94A3C5

accent

#7DD256

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49249

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

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