#B49B4E#B49B4E

#B49B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.101 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49B4E
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -0.39, 43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 43.21, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0029 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.101 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9202, 33.6976, 12.0292)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49B4E #4E67B4

analogous

#B4684E #B49B4E #9AB44E

triadic

#B49B4E #4EB49B #9B4EB4

tetradic

#B49B4E #4EB468 #4E67B4 #B44E9A

square

#B49B4E #4EB468 #4E67B4 #B44E9A

split-complementary

#B49B4E #4E9AB4 #684EB4

monochromatic

#5F5228 #8A773B #B49B4E #C6B379 #D8CCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B49B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B49B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49B4E

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49B4E	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.101 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb882',
    500: '#b49b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49b4e;
$custom-light: #cdb882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.294,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69581,
    "c": 0.10131,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49B4E

secondary

#98A3C6

accent

#75D057

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49B4E

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

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