#B49637#B49637

#B49637 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.117 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49637
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, 0.76, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 52.23, 89.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.0025 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.117 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4199, 31.7936, 8.1482)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49637 #3755B4

analogous

#B45737 #B49637 #93B437

triadic

#B49637 #37B496 #9637B4

tetradic

#B49637 #37B457 #3755B4 #B43793

square

#B49637 #37B457 #3755B4 #B43793

split-complementary

#B49637 #3793B4 #5737B4

monochromatic

#56481A #856F29 #B49637 #CDB25B #DBC88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B49637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#B49637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49637

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49637	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)

#A6942B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.117 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb473',
    500: '#b49637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49637;
$custom-light: #ceb473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68287,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49637

secondary

#8192C6

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49637

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

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