#B49C4E#B49C4E

#B49C4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.102 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C4E
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -0.93, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 43.53, 91.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0045 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.102 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0873, 34.0318, 12.0849)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C4E #4E66B4

analogous

#B4694E #B49C4E #99B44E

triadic

#B49C4E #4EB49C #9C4EB4

tetradic

#B49C4E #4EB469 #4E66B4 #B44E99

square

#B49C4E #4EB469 #4E66B4 #B44E99

split-complementary

#B49C4E #4E99B4 #694EB4

monochromatic

#5F5228 #8A773B #B49C4E #C6B479 #D8CCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B49C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B49C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C4E

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C4E	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.102 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb982',
    500: '#b49c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c4e;
$custom-light: #cdb982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69791,
    "c": 0.10204,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C4E

secondary

#98A3C6

accent

#74D057

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C4E

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

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