#B49949#B49949

#B49949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.105 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49949
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 0.30, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 44.99, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% -0.0015 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.105 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4176, 32.9684, 11.0107)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49949 #4964B4

analogous

#B46449 #B49949 #99B449

triadic

#B49949 #49B499 #9949B4

tetradic

#B49949 #49B464 #4964B4 #B44999

square

#B49949 #49B464 #4964B4 #B44999

split-complementary

#B49949 #4999B4 #6449B4

monochromatic

#5D4F26 #887437 #B49949 #C7B274 #D8CA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B49949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B49949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49949

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49949	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)

#A89741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.105 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb67e',
    500: '#b49949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49949;
$custom-light: #cdb67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.86,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69101,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49949

secondary

#94A0C5

accent

#75D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49949

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

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