#B49638#B49638

#B49638 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.117 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49638
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, 0.81, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 51.80, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.0022 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.117 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4441, 31.8033, 8.2757)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49638 #3856B4

analogous

#B45838 #B49638 #94B438

triadic

#B49638 #38B496 #9638B4

tetradic

#B49638 #38B458 #3856B4 #B43894

square

#B49638 #38B458 #3856B4 #B43894

split-complementary

#B49638 #3894B4 #5838B4

monochromatic

#57481B #856F29 #B49638 #CDB15D #DBC88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B49638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#B49638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49638

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49638	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)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.117 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb474',
    500: '#b49638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49638;
$custom-light: #ceb474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68296,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49638

secondary

#8293C5

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49638

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

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