#B49C50#B49C50

#B49C50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.100 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C50
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 55.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -0.77, 42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 42.56, 91.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0037 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.1 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1601, 34.0610, 12.4683)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C50 #5068B4

analogous

#B46A50 #B49C50 #9AB450

triadic

#B49C50 #50B49C #9C50B4

tetradic

#B49C50 #50B46A #5068B4 #B4509A

square

#B49C50 #50B46A #5068B4 #B4509A

split-complementary

#B49C50 #509AB4 #6A50B4

monochromatic

#605329 #8B783C #B49C50 #C6B47B #D9CCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B49C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B49C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C50

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C50	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)

#AA9A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.100 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb983',
    500: '#b49c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c50;
$custom-light: #cdb983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69817,
    "c": 0.10013,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C50

secondary

#9AA4C6

accent

#75D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C50

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

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