#B49D51#B49D51

#B49D51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.100 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D51
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 55%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -1.23, 42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 42.40, 91.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.005 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.1 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3658, 34.4128, 12.7205)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D51 #5168B4

analogous

#B46B51 #B49D51 #99B451

triadic

#B49D51 #51B49D #9D51B4

tetradic

#B49D51 #51B46B #5168B4 #B45199

square

#B49D51 #51B46B #5168B4 #B45199

split-complementary

#B49D51 #5199B4 #6B51B4

monochromatic

#61542A #8C793C #B49D51 #C6B57C #D9CDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B49D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B49D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D51

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D51	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#AB9B4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.100 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb984',
    500: '#b49d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d51;
$custom-light: #cdb984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.061,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7004,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D51

secondary

#9BA5C6

accent

#74D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D51

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

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