#B49C3E#B49C3E

#B49C3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.116 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C3E
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -2.08, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 50.94, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0097 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.116 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5818, 33.8297, 9.4228)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C3E #3E56B4

analogous

#B4613E #B49C3E #91B43E

triadic

#B49C3E #3EB49C #9C3EB4

tetradic

#B49C3E #3EB461 #3E56B4 #B43E91

square

#B49C3E #3EB461 #3E56B4 #B43E91

split-complementary

#B49C3E #3E91B4 #613EB4

monochromatic

#594D1F #86752E #B49C3E #CAB665 #DACB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B49C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B49C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C3E

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C3E	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.116 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb878',
    500: '#b49c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c3e;
$custom-light: #ceb878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69613,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C3E

secondary

#8995C5

accent

#6BD84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C3E

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

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