#B4942A#B4942A

#B4942A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.125 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4942A
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 1.21, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 56.83, 88.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0026 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.125 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8319, 31.0521, 6.6124)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4942A #2A4AB4

analogous

#B44F2A #B4942A #8FB42A

triadic

#B4942A #2AB494 #942AB4

tetradic

#B4942A #2AB44F #2A4AB4 #B42A8F

square

#B4942A #2AB44F #2A4AB4 #B42A8F

split-complementary

#B4942A #2A8FB4 #4F2AB4

monochromatic

#514213 #826B1E #B4942A #D4B347 #E0C879

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#B4942A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#B4942A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4942A

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4942A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4942A	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4942a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.125 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb36c',
    500: '#b4942a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4942a;
$custom-light: #cfb36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4942a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67768,
    "c": 0.12451,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4942A

secondary

#7286C8

accent

#68E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EC

border

#D3CFC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4942A

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

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