#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
RGBrgb(180, 158, 69)
HSLhsl(48, 45%, 49%)
HSVhsv(48, 62%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.2%, 61.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(65.43, -2.69, 48.35)
CIE-LCHlch(65.43, 48.42, 93.19°)
OKLaboklab(70.11% -0.0106 0.1112)
OKLCHoklch(70.11% 0.112 95.5)
XYZxyz(32.1248, 34.5882, 10.6131)
Luminance0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B49E451.002.657.927.92
#FFFFFF2.651.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9221.001.001.00
##0000007.9221.001.001.00

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

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#B49E45 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva