#B49E43#B49E43

#B49E43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.113 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E43
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 62.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, -2.83, 49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 49.33, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0113 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.113 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0638, 34.5638, 10.2917)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E43 #4359B4

analogous

#B46543 #B49E43 #91B443

triadic

#B49E43 #43B49E #9E43B4

tetradic

#B49E43 #43B465 #4359B4 #B44391

square

#B49E43 #43B465 #4359B4 #B44391

split-complementary

#B49E43 #4391B4 #6543B4

monochromatic

#5B5022 #877732 #B49E43 #C8B66C #D9CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B49E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#B49E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E43

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E43	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)

#AD9B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.113 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba7b',
    500: '#b49e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e43;
$custom-light: #cdba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.319,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70086,
    "c": 0.11342,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E43

secondary

#8E99C5

accent

#6CD552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E43

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

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