#B49844#B49844

#B49844 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.108 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49844
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 62.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, 0.48, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 47.03, 89.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0016 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.108 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0955, 32.5788, 10.1182)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49844 #4460B4

analogous

#B46044 #B49844 #98B444

triadic

#B49844 #44B498 #9844B4

tetradic

#B49844 #44B460 #4460B4 #B44498

square

#B49844 #44B460 #4460B4 #B44498

split-complementary

#B49844 #4498B4 #6044B4

monochromatic

#5B4D22 #887233 #B49844 #C8B16D #D9C99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B49844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B49844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49844

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49844	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7963B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.108 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb67b',
    500: '#b49844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49844;
$custom-light: #cdb67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68834,
    "c": 0.10827,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49844

secondary

#8F9CC5

accent

#73D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49844

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

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