#B49536#B49536

#B49536 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.117 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49536
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, 1.24, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 52.38, 88.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.0012 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.117 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2373, 31.4663, 7.9703)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49536 #3655B4

analogous

#B45636 #B49536 #94B436

triadic

#B49536 #36B495 #9536B4

tetradic

#B49536 #36B456 #3655B4 #B43694

square

#B49536 #36B456 #3655B4 #B43694

split-complementary

#B49536 #3694B4 #5636B4

monochromatic

#56471A #856E28 #B49536 #CDB15A #DCC789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#B49536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#B49536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49536

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49536	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)

#A59329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.117 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb372',
    500: '#b49536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49536;
$custom-light: #ceb372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68069,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49536

secondary

#8091C6

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49536

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

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