#B49D53#B49D53

#B49D53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.098 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D53
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 53.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -1.06, 41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 41.42, 91.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0042 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.098 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4419, 34.4433, 13.1213)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D53 #536AB4

analogous

#B46D53 #B49D53 #9BB453

triadic

#B49D53 #53B49D #9D53B4

tetradic

#B49D53 #53B46D #536AB4 #B4539B

square

#B49D53 #53B46D #536AB4 #B4539B

split-complementary

#B49D53 #539BB4 #6D53B4

monochromatic

#62552B #8D7A3D #B49D53 #C7B57E #D9CEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B49D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B49D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D53

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D53	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)

#AB9B4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.098 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb985',
    500: '#b49d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d53;
$custom-light: #cdb985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.773,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70067,
    "c": 0.09795,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D53

secondary

#9CA6C7

accent

#75CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D53

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

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