#B49A4E#B49A4E

#B49A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.101 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A4E
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, 0.15, 42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 42.90, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.0013 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.101 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7545, 33.3662, 11.9740)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A4E #4E68B4

analogous

#B4674E #B49A4E #9BB44E

triadic

#B49A4E #4EB49A #9A4EB4

tetradic

#B49A4E #4EB467 #4E68B4 #B44E9B

square

#B49A4E #4EB467 #4E68B4 #B44E9B

split-complementary

#B49A4E #4E9BB4 #674EB4

monochromatic

#5F5128 #8A763B #B49A4E #C6B379 #D8CBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B49A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#B49A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A4E

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A4E	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.101 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb782',
    500: '#b49a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a4e;
$custom-light: #cdb782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.706,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69372,
    "c": 0.1006,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A4E

secondary

#98A4C6

accent

#76D057

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A4E

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

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