#B49636#B49636

#B49636 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.118 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49636
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, 0.70, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 52.65, 89.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0027 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.118 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3962, 31.7841, 8.0232)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49636 #3654B4

analogous

#B45736 #B49636 #93B436

triadic

#B49636 #36B496 #9636B4

tetradic

#B49636 #36B457 #3654B4 #B43693

square

#B49636 #36B457 #3654B4 #B43693

split-complementary

#B49636 #3693B4 #5736B4

monochromatic

#56481A #856F28 #B49636 #CDB25A #DCC889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B49636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#B49636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49636

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49636	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.118 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb472',
    500: '#b49636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49636;
$custom-light: #ceb472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68278,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49636

secondary

#8091C6

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49636

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

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