#B49B3A#B49B3A

#B49B3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.118 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B3A
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 67.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, -1.78, 52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 52.36, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0094 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.118 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3090, 33.4531, 8.8101)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B3A #3A53B4

analogous

#B45E3A #B49B3A #90B43A

triadic

#B49B3A #3AB49B #9B3AB4

tetradic

#B49B3A #3AB45E #3A53B4 #B43A90

square

#B49B3A #3AB45E #3A53B4 #B43A90

split-complementary

#B49B3A #3A90B4 #5E3AB4

monochromatic

#574B1C #86732B #B49B3A #CCB560 #DBCB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B49B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#B49B3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B3A

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B3A	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)

#AB982E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.118 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb875',
    500: '#b49b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b3a;
$custom-light: #ceb875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69364,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B3A

secondary

#8592C5

accent

#6ADB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B3A

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

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