#B49941#B49941

#B49941 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.111 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49941
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 63.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, -0.26, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 48.69, 90.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0041 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.111 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1692, 32.8691, 9.7026)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49941 #415CB4

analogous

#B45F41 #B49941 #95B441

triadic

#B49941 #41B499 #9941B4

tetradic

#B49941 #41B45F #415CB4 #B44195

square

#B49941 #41B45F #415CB4 #B44195

split-complementary

#B49941 #4195B4 #5F41B4

monochromatic

#5A4D21 #877331 #B49941 #C9B269 #D9C996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B49941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#B49941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49941

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49941	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.111 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb679',
    500: '#b49941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49941;
$custom-light: #ceb679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69011,
    "c": 0.11146,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49941

secondary

#8C99C5

accent

#71D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49941

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

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