#B49950#B49950

#B49950 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.098 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49950
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 80)
HSL	hsl(44, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 55.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, 0.86, 41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 41.62, 88.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% 0.001 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.098 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6629, 33.0666, 12.3026)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49950 #506BB4

analogous

#B46750 #B49950 #9DB450

triadic

#B49950 #50B499 #9950B4

tetradic

#B49950 #50B467 #506BB4 #B4509D

square

#B49950 #50B467 #506BB4 #B4509D

split-complementary

#B49950 #509DB4 #6750B4

monochromatic

#605129 #8B763C #B49950 #C6B27B #D9CBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B49950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B49950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49950

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49950	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.098 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb683',
    500: '#b49950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49950;
$custom-light: #cdb683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.8,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69189,
    "c": 0.09801,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49950

secondary

#9AA6C6

accent

#78D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49950

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

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