#B49B3E#B49B3E

#B49B3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.115 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B3E
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -1.54, 50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 50.63, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0082 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.115 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4147, 33.4954, 9.3671)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B3E #3E57B4

analogous

#B4603E #B49B3E #92B43E

triadic

#B49B3E #3EB49B #9B3EB4

tetradic

#B49B3E #3EB460 #3E57B4 #B43E92

square

#B49B3E #3EB460 #3E57B4 #B43E92

split-complementary

#B49B3E #3E92B4 #603EB4

monochromatic

#594D1F #86742E #B49B3E #CAB565 #DACB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B49B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B49B3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B3E

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B3E	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.115 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb878',
    500: '#b49b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b3e;
$custom-light: #ceb878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.288,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69402,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B3E

secondary

#8996C5

accent

#6CD84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B3E

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

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