#B49D44#B49D44

#B49D44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.112 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D44
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 62.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -2.22, 48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 48.56, 92.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0094 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.112 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9242, 34.2362, 10.3944)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D44 #445BB4

analogous

#B46544 #B49D44 #93B444

triadic

#B49D44 #44B49D #9D44B4

tetradic

#B49D44 #44B465 #445BB4 #B44493

square

#B49D44 #44B465 #445BB4 #B44493

split-complementary

#B49D44 #4493B4 #6544B4

monochromatic

#5B5022 #887633 #B49D44 #C8B56D #D9CC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B49D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B49D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D44

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D44	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.112 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb97b',
    500: '#b49d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d44;
$custom-light: #cdb97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.679,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69885,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D44

secondary

#8F9AC5

accent

#6ED553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D44

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

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