#B49D52#B49D52

#B49D52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.099 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D52
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 54.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -1.14, 41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 41.91, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0046 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.099 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4036, 34.4279, 12.9194)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D52 #5269B4

analogous

#B46C52 #B49D52 #9AB452

triadic

#B49D52 #52B49D #9D52B4

tetradic

#B49D52 #52B46C #5269B4 #B4529A

square

#B49D52 #52B46C #5269B4 #B4529A

split-complementary

#B49D52 #529AB4 #6C52B4

monochromatic

#61542A #8C793D #B49D52 #C7B57D #D9CDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B49D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B49D52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D52

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D52	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.099 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb984',
    500: '#b49d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d52;
$custom-light: #cdb984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.918,
    "s": 39.516,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70054,
    "c": 0.09894,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D52

secondary

#9BA5C7

accent

#74CF58

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D52

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

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