#B49C3A#B49C3A

#B49C3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.119 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C3A
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 67.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -2.32, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 52.66, 92.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0109 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.119 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4761, 33.7874, 8.8658)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C3A #3A52B4

analogous

#B45F3A #B49C3A #8FB43A

triadic

#B49C3A #3AB49C #9C3AB4

tetradic

#B49C3A #3AB45F #3A52B4 #B43A8F

square

#B49C3A #3AB45F #3A52B4 #B43A8F

split-complementary

#B49C3A #3A8FB4 #5F3AB4

monochromatic

#574C1C #86742B #B49C3A #CCB660 #DBCB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B49C3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B49C3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C3A

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C3A	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.119 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb875',
    500: '#b49c3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c3a;
$custom-light: #ceb875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69575,
    "c": 0.11909,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C3A

secondary

#8591C5

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C3A

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

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