#B49D49#B49D49

#B49D49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.107 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D49
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -1.86, 46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 46.24, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.0078 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.107 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0833, 34.2998, 11.2326)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D49 #4960B4

analogous

#B46849 #B49D49 #95B449

triadic

#B49D49 #49B49D #9D49B4

tetradic

#B49D49 #49B468 #4960B4 #B44995

square

#B49D49 #49B468 #4960B4 #B44995

split-complementary

#B49D49 #4995B4 #6849B4

monochromatic

#5D5126 #887737 #B49D49 #C7B574 #D8CC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B49D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B49D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D49

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D49	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.107 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb97f',
    500: '#b49d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d49;
$custom-light: #cdb97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.103,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69941,
    "c": 0.10742,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D49

secondary

#949EC5

accent

#70D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D49

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

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