#B49A3E#B49A3E

#B49A3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.115 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A3E
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, -1.00, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 50.33, 91.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0066 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.115 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2490, 33.1640, 9.3118)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A3E #3E58B4

analogous

#B45F3E #B49A3E #93B43E

triadic

#B49A3E #3EB49A #9A3EB4

tetradic

#B49A3E #3EB45F #3E58B4 #B43E93

square

#B49A3E #3EB45F #3E58B4 #B43E93

split-complementary

#B49A3E #3E93B4 #5F3EB4

monochromatic

#594C1F #86732E #B49A3E #CAB465 #DACA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B49A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B49A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A3E

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A3E	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)

#AA9733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.115 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb777',
    500: '#b49a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a3e;
$custom-light: #ceb777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.78,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69191,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A3E

secondary

#8996C5

accent

#6ED84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A3E

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

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