#B49E45#B49E45

#B49E45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.112 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E45
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 61.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, -2.69, 48.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 48.42, 93.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0106 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.112 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1248, 34.5882, 10.6131)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E45 #455BB4

analogous

#B46745 #B49E45 #93B445

triadic

#B49E45 #45B49E #9E45B4

tetradic

#B49E45 #45B467 #455BB4 #B44593

square

#B49E45 #45B467 #455BB4 #B44593

split-complementary

#B49E45 #4593B4 #6745B4

monochromatic

#5C5023 #887734 #B49E45 #C8B66F #D9CC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B49E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B49E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E45

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E45	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.112 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba7c',
    500: '#b49e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e45;
$custom-light: #cdba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.108,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70108,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E45

secondary

#909AC5

accent

#6DD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E45

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

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