#B49D46#B49D46

#B49D46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.110 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D46
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 70)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 61.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -2.08, 47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 47.64, 92.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0088 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.11 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9862, 34.2610, 10.7214)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D46 #465DB4

analogous

#B46646 #B49D46 #94B446

triadic

#B49D46 #46B49D #9D46B4

tetradic

#B49D46 #46B466 #465DB4 #B44694

square

#B49D46 #46B466 #465DB4 #B44694

split-complementary

#B49D46 #4694B4 #6646B4

monochromatic

#5C5024 #887735 #B49D46 #C7B570 #D8CC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B49D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B49D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D46

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D46	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#AC9A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.110 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb97d',
    500: '#b49d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d46;
$custom-light: #cdb97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.455,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69907,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D46

secondary

#919CC5

accent

#6FD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D46

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

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