#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
RGBrgb(180, 158, 66)
HSLhsl(48, 46%, 48%)
HSVhsv(48, 63%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(65.40, -2.90, 49.70)
CIE-LCHlch(65.40, 49.79, 93.33°)
OKLaboklab(70.08% -0.0116 0.1137)
OKLCHoklch(70.08% 0.114 95.8)
XYZxyz(32.0340, 34.5519, 10.1350)
Luminance0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B49E421.002.657.917.91
#FFFFFF2.651.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9121.001.001.00
##0000007.9121.001.001.00

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

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#B49E42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva