#B49A3F#B49A3F

#B49A3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.114 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A3F
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 63)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 65%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -0.94, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 49.89, 91.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0063 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.114 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2767, 33.1750, 9.4577)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A3F #3F59B4

analogous

#B4603F #B49A3F #93B43F

triadic

#B49A3F #3FB49A #9A3FB4

tetradic

#B49A3F #3FB460 #3F59B4 #B43F93

square

#B49A3F #3FB460 #3F59B4 #B43F93

split-complementary

#B49A3F #3F93B4 #603FB4

monochromatic

#594C1F #87732F #B49A3F #CAB467 #DACA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B49A3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B49A3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A3F

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A3F	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)

#AA9735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.114 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb778',
    500: '#b49a3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a3f;
$custom-light: #ceb778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69201,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A3F

secondary

#8A97C5

accent

#6ED850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A3F

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

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