#B49A40#B49A40

#B49A40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.113 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A40
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -0.87, 49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 49.44, 91.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.006 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.113 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3049, 33.1863, 9.6062)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A40 #405AB4

analogous

#B46040 #B49A40 #94B440

triadic

#B49A40 #40B49A #9A40B4

tetradic

#B49A40 #40B460 #405AB4 #B44094

square

#B49A40 #40B460 #405AB4 #B44094

split-complementary

#B49A40 #4094B4 #6040B4

monochromatic

#5A4D20 #877330 #B49A40 #C9B368 #D9CA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B49A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#B49A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A40

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A40	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.113 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb779',
    500: '#b49a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a40;
$custom-light: #ceb779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.552,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69211,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A40

secondary

#8B98C5

accent

#6FD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A40

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

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