#B49B41#B49B41

#B49B41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.113 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B41
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 63.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -1.35, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 49.29, 91.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0073 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.113 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4993, 33.5293, 9.8126)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B41 #415AB4

analogous

#B46241 #B49B41 #93B441

triadic

#B49B41 #41B49B #9B41B4

tetradic

#B49B41 #41B462 #415AB4 #B44193

square

#B49B41 #41B462 #415AB4 #B44193

split-complementary

#B49B41 #4193B4 #6241B4

monochromatic

#5A4E21 #877431 #B49B41 #C9B469 #D9CB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B49B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B49B41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B41

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B41	1.00	2.73	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.113 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb879',
    500: '#b49b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b41;
$custom-light: #cdb879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69432,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B41

secondary

#8C98C5

accent

#6ED751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B41

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

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