#B49D4F#B49D4F

#B49D4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.102 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D4F
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 56.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -1.39, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 43.37, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0057 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.102 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2919, 34.3833, 12.3313)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D4F #4F66B4

analogous

#B46A4F #B49D4F #98B44F

triadic

#B49D4F #4FB49D #9D4FB4

tetradic

#B49D4F #4FB46A #4F66B4 #B44F98

square

#B49D4F #4FB46A #4F66B4 #B44F98

split-complementary

#B49D4F #4F98B4 #6A4FB4

monochromatic

#605329 #8B793B #B49D4F #C6B57A #D9CDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B49D4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B49D4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D4F

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D4F	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.102 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb982',
    500: '#b49d4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d4f;
$custom-light: #cdb982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.337,
    "s": 40.239,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70015,
    "c": 0.10184,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D4F

secondary

#99A3C6

accent

#73D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D4F

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

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