#B49E42#B49E42

#B49E42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.114 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E42
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -2.90, 49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 49.79, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0116 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.114 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0340, 34.5519, 10.1350)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E42 #4258B4

analogous

#B46542 #B49E42 #91B442

triadic

#B49E42 #42B49E #9E42B4

tetradic

#B49E42 #42B465 #4258B4 #B44291

square

#B49E42 #42B465 #4258B4 #B44291

split-complementary

#B49E42 #4291B4 #6542B4

monochromatic

#5A4F21 #877732 #B49E42 #C9B66B #D9CC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B49E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#B49E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E42

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E42	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	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)

#AD9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.114 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba7a',
    500: '#b49e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e42;
$custom-light: #cdba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70076,
    "c": 0.11426,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E42

secondary

#8D98C5

accent

#6BD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E42

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

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