#B49A44#B49A44

#B49A44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.110 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A44
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 62.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, -0.60, 47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 47.62, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0047 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.11 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4228, 33.2335, 10.2273)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A44 #445EB4

analogous

#B46244 #B49A44 #96B444

triadic

#B49A44 #44B49A #9A44B4

tetradic

#B49A44 #44B462 #445EB4 #B44496

square

#B49A44 #44B462 #445EB4 #B44496

split-complementary

#B49A44 #4496B4 #6244B4

monochromatic

#5B4E22 #887433 #B49A44 #C8B36D #D9CA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B49A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B49A44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A44

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A44	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9983B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.110 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb77b',
    500: '#b49a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a44;
$custom-light: #cdb77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.071,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69253,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A44

secondary

#8F9BC5

accent

#71D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A44

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

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