#B49D4E#B49D4E

#B49D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.103 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D4E
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -1.47, 43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 43.85, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.006 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.103 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2558, 34.3688, 12.1411)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D4E #4E65B4

analogous

#B46A4E #B49D4E #98B44E

triadic

#B49D4E #4EB49D #9D4EB4

tetradic

#B49D4E #4EB46A #4E65B4 #B44E98

square

#B49D4E #4EB46A #4E65B4 #B44E98

split-complementary

#B49D4E #4E98B4 #6A4EB4

monochromatic

#5F5328 #8A783B #B49D4E #C6B579 #D8CDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B49D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B49D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D4E

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D4E	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.103 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb982',
    500: '#b49d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d4e;
$custom-light: #cdb982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.471,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70002,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D4E

secondary

#98A2C6

accent

#73D057

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D4E

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

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