#B49D43#B49D43

#B49D43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.113 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D43
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 62.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -2.29, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 49.01, 92.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0097 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.113 95)
XYZ	xyz(31.8939, 34.2241, 10.2351)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D43 #435AB4

analogous

#B46443 #B49D43 #92B443

triadic

#B49D43 #43B49D #9D43B4

tetradic

#B49D43 #43B464 #435AB4 #B44392

square

#B49D43 #43B464 #435AB4 #B44392

split-complementary

#B49D43 #4392B4 #6443B4

monochromatic

#5B4F22 #877632 #B49D43 #C8B56C #D9CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B49D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#B49D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D43

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D43	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)

#AC9A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.113 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb97b',
    500: '#b49d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d43;
$custom-light: #cdb97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.788,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69875,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.34222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D43

secondary

#8E99C5

accent

#6DD552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D43

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

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