#B49A42#B49A42

#B49A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.111 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A42
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -0.74, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 48.54, 90.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0054 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.111 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3628, 33.2095, 9.9113)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A42 #425CB4

analogous

#B46142 #B49A42 #95B442

triadic

#B49A42 #42B49A #9A42B4

tetradic

#B49A42 #42B461 #425CB4 #B44295

square

#B49A42 #42B461 #425CB4 #B44295

split-complementary

#B49A42 #4295B4 #6142B4

monochromatic

#5A4D21 #877432 #B49A42 #C9B36B #D9CA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B49A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#B49A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A42

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A42	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)

#A99838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.111 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb77a',
    500: '#b49a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a42;
$custom-light: #cdb77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.316,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69232,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A42

secondary

#8D9AC5

accent

#70D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A42

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

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