#B4942E#B4942E

#B4942E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.122 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4942E
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, 1.39, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 55.34, 88.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0017 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.122 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9071, 31.0822, 7.0085)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4942E #2E4EB4

analogous

#B4512E #B4942E #91B42E

triadic

#B4942E #2EB494 #942EB4

tetradic

#B4942E #2EB451 #2E4EB4 #B42E91

square

#B4942E #2EB451 #2E4EB4 #B42E91

split-complementary

#B4942E #2E91B4 #512EB4

monochromatic

#534415 #836C22 #B4942E #D2B24E #DEC77E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#B4942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#B4942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4942E

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4942E	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5921E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.122 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb36e',
    500: '#b4942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4942e;
$custom-light: #ceb36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67796,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4942E

secondary

#778AC7

accent

#6BE245

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EC

border

#D3CFC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4942E

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

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