#B49C49#B49C49

#B49C49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.107 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C49
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -1.32, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 45.92, 91.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0062 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.107 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9148, 33.9628, 11.1765)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C49 #4961B4

analogous

#B46749 #B49C49 #97B449

triadic

#B49C49 #49B49C #9C49B4

tetradic

#B49C49 #49B467 #4961B4 #B44997

square

#B49C49 #49B467 #4961B4 #B44997

split-complementary

#B49C49 #4997B4 #6749B4

monochromatic

#5D5126 #887637 #B49C49 #C7B474 #D8CB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B49C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B49C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C49

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C49	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.107 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb87f',
    500: '#b49c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c49;
$custom-light: #cdb87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.542,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69731,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C49

secondary

#949FC5

accent

#72D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C49

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

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