#B49C51#B49C51

#B49C51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.099 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C51
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 55%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -0.69, 42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 42.07, 90.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.0034 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.099 92)
XYZ	xyz(32.1973, 34.0758, 12.6643)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C51 #5169B4

analogous

#B46A51 #B49C51 #9AB451

triadic

#B49C51 #51B49C #9C51B4

tetradic

#B49C51 #51B46A #5169B4 #B4519A

square

#B49C51 #51B46A #5169B4 #B4519A

split-complementary

#B49C51 #519AB4 #6A51B4

monochromatic

#61532A #8C783C #B49C51 #C6B47C #D9CDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B49C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B49C51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C51

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C51	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)

#AA9A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.099 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb984',
    500: '#b49c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c51;
$custom-light: #cdb984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6983,
    "c": 0.09916,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.34074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C51

secondary

#9BA5C6

accent

#75D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C51

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

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