#B49C52#B49C52

#B49C52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.098 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C52
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 54.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -0.60, 41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 41.58, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.003 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.098 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2351, 34.0910, 12.8633)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C52 #526AB4

analogous

#B46B52 #B49C52 #9BB452

triadic

#B49C52 #52B49C #9C52B4

tetradic

#B49C52 #52B46B #526AB4 #B4529B

square

#B49C52 #52B46B #526AB4 #B4529B

split-complementary

#B49C52 #529BB4 #6B52B4

monochromatic

#61542A #8C793D #B49C52 #C7B47D #D9CDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B49C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B49C52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C52

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C52	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.098 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb984',
    500: '#b49c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c52;
$custom-light: #cdb984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 39.516,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69844,
    "c": 0.09819,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C52

secondary

#9BA6C7

accent

#76CF58

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C52

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

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