#B49635#B49635

#B49635 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.119 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49635
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, 0.65, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 53.06, 89.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.003 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.119 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3730, 31.7748, 7.9008)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49635 #3553B4

analogous

#B45735 #B49635 #92B435

triadic

#B49635 #35B496 #9635B4

tetradic

#B49635 #35B457 #3553B4 #B43592

square

#B49635 #35B457 #3553B4 #B43592

split-complementary

#B49635 #3592B4 #5735B4

monochromatic

#554719 #856F27 #B49635 #CEB258 #DCC888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#B49635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#B49635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49635

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49635	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.119 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb472',
    500: '#b49635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49635;
$custom-light: #ceb472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68269,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49635

secondary

#7F90C6

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49635

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

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