#B49B40#B49B40

#B49B40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.114 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B40
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -1.41, 49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 49.74, 91.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0076 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.114 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4706, 33.5178, 9.6614)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B40 #4059B4

analogous

#B46140 #B49B40 #93B440

triadic

#B49B40 #40B49B #9B40B4

tetradic

#B49B40 #40B461 #4059B4 #B44093

square

#B49B40 #40B461 #4059B4 #B44093

split-complementary

#B49B40 #4093B4 #6140B4

monochromatic

#5A4D20 #877430 #B49B40 #C9B468 #D9CB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B49B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B49B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B40

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B40	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)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.114 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb879',
    500: '#b49b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b40;
$custom-light: #ceb879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.069,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69422,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B40

secondary

#8B97C5

accent

#6ED751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B40

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

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