#B49837#B49837

#B49837 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.119 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49837
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, -0.33, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 52.77, 90.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0056 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.119 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7418, 32.4373, 8.2555)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49837 #3753B4

analogous

#B45937 #B49837 #91B437

triadic

#B49837 #37B498 #9837B4

tetradic

#B49837 #37B459 #3753B4 #B43791

square

#B49837 #37B459 #3753B4 #B43791

split-complementary

#B49837 #3791B4 #5937B4

monochromatic

#56491A #857029 #B49837 #CDB35B #DBC98A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B49837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#B49837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49837

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49837	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.119 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb673',
    500: '#b49837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49837;
$custom-light: #ceb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.56,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68706,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49837

secondary

#8191C6

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49837

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

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