#B49535#B49535

#B49535 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.118 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49535
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, 1.19, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 52.80, 88.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.0014 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.118 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2141, 31.4570, 7.8479)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49535 #3554B4

analogous

#B45535 #B49535 #93B435

triadic

#B49535 #35B495 #9535B4

tetradic

#B49535 #35B455 #3554B4 #B43593

square

#B49535 #35B455 #3554B4 #B43593

split-complementary

#B49535 #3593B4 #5535B4

monochromatic

#554719 #856E27 #B49535 #CEB158 #DCC788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#B49535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#B49535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49535

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49535	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.118 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb372',
    500: '#b49535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49535;
$custom-light: #ceb372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68061,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49535

secondary

#7F90C6

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49535

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

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