#B49B39#B49B39

#B49B39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.119 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B39
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 68.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -1.84, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 52.79, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0097 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.119 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2838, 33.4431, 8.6775)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B39 #3952B4

analogous

#B45E39 #B49B39 #90B439

triadic

#B49B39 #39B49B #9B39B4

tetradic

#B49B39 #39B45E #3952B4 #B43990

square

#B49B39 #39B45E #3952B4 #B43990

split-complementary

#B49B39 #3990B4 #5E39B4

monochromatic

#574B1C #86732A #B49B39 #CCB65E #DBCB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B49B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#B49B39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B39

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B39	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.119 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb875',
    500: '#b49b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b39;
$custom-light: #ceb875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69355,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B39

secondary

#8391C5

accent

#69DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B39

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

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