#B49C3C#B49C3C

#B49C3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.118 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C3C
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 66.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -2.20, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 51.81, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0103 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.118 95)
XYZ	xyz(31.5280, 33.8081, 9.1390)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C3C #3C54B4

analogous

#B4603C #B49C3C #90B43C

triadic

#B49C3C #3CB49C #9C3CB4

tetradic

#B49C3C #3CB460 #3C54B4 #B43C90

square

#B49C3C #3CB460 #3C54B4 #B43C90

split-complementary

#B49C3C #3C90B4 #603CB4

monochromatic

#584C1D #86742D #B49C3C #CBB662 #DACB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B49C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B49C3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C3C

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C3C	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)

#AC9930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.118 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb876',
    500: '#b49c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c3c;
$custom-light: #ceb876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69594,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.33806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C3C

secondary

#8793C5

accent

#6ADA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C3C

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

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