#B49C44#B49C44

#B49C44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.111 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C44
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 62.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -1.68, 48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 48.24, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0079 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.111 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7557, 33.8992, 10.3383)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C44 #445CB4

analogous

#B46444 #B49C44 #94B444

triadic

#B49C44 #44B49C #9C44B4

tetradic

#B49C44 #44B464 #445CB4 #B44494

square

#B49C44 #44B464 #445CB4 #B44494

split-complementary

#B49C44 #4494B4 #6444B4

monochromatic

#5B4F22 #887633 #B49C44 #C8B56D #D9CB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B49C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B49C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C44

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C44	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB993B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.111 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb87b',
    500: '#b49c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c44;
$custom-light: #cdb87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69674,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C44

secondary

#8F9BC5

accent

#6FD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C44

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

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