#B49D3E#B49D3E

#B49D3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.117 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D3E
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -2.62, 51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 51.25, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0113 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.117 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7503, 34.1666, 9.4789)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D3E #3E55B4

analogous

#B4623E #B49D3E #90B43E

triadic

#B49D3E #3EB49D #9D3EB4

tetradic

#B49D3E #3EB462 #3E55B4 #B43E90

square

#B49D3E #3EB462 #3E55B4 #B43E90

split-complementary

#B49D3E #3E90B4 #623EB4

monochromatic

#594E1F #86752E #B49D3E #CAB665 #DACC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B49D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B49D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D3E

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D3E	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.117 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb978',
    500: '#b49d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d3e;
$custom-light: #ceb978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69824,
    "c": 0.11675,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D3E

secondary

#8995C5

accent

#6AD84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D3E

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

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