#B49737#B49737

#B49737 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.118 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49737
RGB	rgb(180, 151, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 0.21, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 52.50, 89.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.004 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.118 92)
XYZ	xyz(30.5802, 32.1141, 8.2016)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49737 #3754B4

analogous

#B45837 #B49737 #92B437

triadic

#B49737 #37B497 #9737B4

tetradic

#B49737 #37B458 #3754B4 #B43792

square

#B49737 #37B458 #3754B4 #B43792

split-complementary

#B49737 #3792B4 #5837B4

monochromatic

#56481A #857029 #B49737 #CDB35B #DBC88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B49737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#B49737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49737

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49737	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 151, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.118 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb573',
    500: '#b49737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49737;
$custom-light: #ceb573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.08,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68496,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.32112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49737

secondary

#8191C6

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49737

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

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