#B49342#B49342

#B49342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.107 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49342
RGB	rgb(180, 147, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, 3.07, 46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 46.59, 86.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% 0.0056 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.107 87)
XYZ	xyz(30.2410, 30.9659, 9.5374)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49342 #4263B4

analogous

#B45A42 #B49342 #9CB442

triadic

#B49342 #42B493 #9342B4

tetradic

#B49342 #42B45A #4263B4 #B4429C

square

#B49342 #42B45A #4263B4 #B4429C

split-complementary

#B49342 #429CB4 #5A42B4

monochromatic

#5A4A21 #876E32 #B49342 #C9AD6B #D9C697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#B49342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#B49342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49342

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49342	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 147, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.107 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb279',
    500: '#b49342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49342;
$custom-light: #ceb279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.632,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67772,
    "c": 0.10697,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.30964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49342

secondary

#8D9DC5

accent

#78D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49342

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

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