#B49E44#B49E44

#B49E44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.113 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E44
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 62.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -2.76, 48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 48.88, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.011 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.113 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0940, 34.5759, 10.4510)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E44 #445AB4

analogous

#B46644 #B49E44 #92B444

triadic

#B49E44 #44B49E #9E44B4

tetradic

#B49E44 #44B466 #445AB4 #B44492

square

#B49E44 #44B466 #445AB4 #B44492

split-complementary

#B49E44 #4492B4 #6644B4

monochromatic

#5B5022 #887733 #B49E44 #C8B66D #D9CC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B49E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#B49E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E44

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E44	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)

#AD9B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.113 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba7b',
    500: '#b49e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e44;
$custom-light: #cdba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70097,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E44

secondary

#8F9AC5

accent

#6CD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E44

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

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