#B49A3C#B49A3C

#B49A3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.116 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A3C
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 60)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 66.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -1.12, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 51.21, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.0072 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.116 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1951, 33.1424, 9.0281)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A3C #3C56B4

analogous

#B45E3C #B49A3C #92B43C

triadic

#B49A3C #3CB49A #9A3CB4

tetradic

#B49A3C #3CB45E #3C56B4 #B43C92

square

#B49A3C #3CB45E #3C56B4 #B43C92

split-complementary

#B49A3C #3C92B4 #5E3CB4

monochromatic

#584B1D #86732D #B49A3C #CBB462 #DACA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B49A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B49A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A3C

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A3C	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.116 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb776',
    500: '#b49a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a3c;
$custom-light: #ceb776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69172,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A3C

secondary

#8794C5

accent

#6CDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A3C

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

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