#B49E41#B49E41

#B49E41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.115 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E41
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -2.96, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 50.23, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0119 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.115 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0048, 34.5402, 9.9811)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E41 #4157B4

analogous

#B46441 #B49E41 #90B441

triadic

#B49E41 #41B49E #9E41B4

tetradic

#B49E41 #41B464 #4157B4 #B44190

square

#B49E41 #41B464 #4157B4 #B44190

split-complementary

#B49E41 #4190B4 #6441B4

monochromatic

#5A4F21 #877731 #B49E41 #C9B769 #D9CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B49E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#B49E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E41

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E41	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)

#AD9B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.115 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba7a',
    500: '#b49e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e41;
$custom-light: #cdba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70066,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E41

secondary

#8C97C5

accent

#6BD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E41

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

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