#B49947#B49947

#B49947 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.106 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49947
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 71)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 60.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, 0.15, 45.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 45.93, 89.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.0022 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.106 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3524, 32.9423, 10.6671)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49947 #4762B4

analogous

#B46347 #B49947 #99B447

triadic

#B49947 #47B499 #9947B4

tetradic

#B49947 #47B463 #4762B4 #B44799

square

#B49947 #47B463 #4762B4 #B44799

split-complementary

#B49947 #4799B4 #6347B4

monochromatic

#5C4E24 #887436 #B49947 #C7B271 #D8CA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B49947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B49947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49947

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49947	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8973F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.106 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb67d',
    500: '#b49947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49947;
$custom-light: #cdb67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.138,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69077,
    "c": 0.10632,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49947

secondary

#929FC5

accent

#74D355

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49947

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

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