#B49B44#B49B44

#B49B44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.110 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B44
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 62.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -1.14, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 47.93, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0063 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.11 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5886, 33.5650, 10.2825)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B44 #445DB4

analogous

#B46344 #B49B44 #95B444

triadic

#B49B44 #44B49B #9B44B4

tetradic

#B49B44 #44B463 #445DB4 #B44495

square

#B49B44 #44B463 #445DB4 #B44495

split-complementary

#B49B44 #4495B4 #6344B4

monochromatic

#5B4E22 #887533 #B49B44 #C8B46D #D9CB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B49B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B49B44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B44

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B44	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	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)

#AA983B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.110 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb87b',
    500: '#b49b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b44;
$custom-light: #cdb87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.607,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69464,
    "c": 0.11033,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B44

secondary

#8F9BC5

accent

#70D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B44

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

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