#B49D42#B49D42

#B49D42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.114 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D42
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -2.36, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 49.47, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0101 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.114 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8642, 34.2122, 10.0784)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D42 #4259B4

analogous

#B46442 #B49D42 #92B442

triadic

#B49D42 #42B49D #9D42B4

tetradic

#B49D42 #42B464 #4259B4 #B44292

square

#B49D42 #42B464 #4259B4 #B44292

split-complementary

#B49D42 #4292B4 #6442B4

monochromatic

#5A4F21 #877632 #B49D42 #C9B66B #D9CC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B49D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#B49D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D42

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D42	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.114 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb97a',
    500: '#b49d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d42;
$custom-light: #cdb97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.895,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69864,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D42

secondary

#8D98C5

accent

#6CD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D42

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

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