#B49C4D#B49C4D

#B49C4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.103 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C4D
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 57.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -1.01, 44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 44.01, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0048 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.103 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0517, 34.0176, 11.8975)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C4D #4D65B4

analogous

#B4684D #B49C4D #99B44D

triadic

#B49C4D #4DB49C #9C4DB4

tetradic

#B49C4D #4DB468 #4D65B4 #B44D99

square

#B49C4D #4DB468 #4D65B4 #B44D99

split-complementary

#B49C4D #4D99B4 #684DB4

monochromatic

#5F5228 #8A773A #B49C4D #C6B478 #D8CCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B49C4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B49C4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C4D

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C4D	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.103 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb981',
    500: '#b49c4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c4d;
$custom-light: #cdb981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.019,
    "s": 40.711,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69779,
    "c": 0.10298,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C4D

secondary

#97A2C5

accent

#74D157

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C4D

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

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