#B49E40#B49E40

#B49E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.116 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E40
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -3.03, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 50.68, 93.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0122 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.116 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9761, 34.5287, 9.8299)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E40 #4056B4

analogous

#B46440 #B49E40 #90B440

triadic

#B49E40 #40B49E #9E40B4

tetradic

#B49E40 #40B464 #4056B4 #B44090

square

#B49E40 #40B464 #4056B4 #B44090

split-complementary

#B49E40 #4090B4 #6440B4

monochromatic

#5A4F20 #877630 #B49E40 #C9B768 #D9CC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B49E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#B49E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E40

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E40	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.116 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba79',
    500: '#b49e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e40;
$custom-light: #cdba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.621,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70056,
    "c": 0.11591,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E40

secondary

#8B96C5

accent

#6AD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E40

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

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