#B49E46#B49E46

#B49E46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.111 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E46
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 61.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -2.62, 47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 47.96, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0103 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.111 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1561, 34.6008, 10.7780)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E46 #465CB4

analogous

#B46746 #B49E46 #93B446

triadic

#B49E46 #46B49E #9E46B4

tetradic

#B49E46 #46B467 #465CB4 #B44693

square

#B49E46 #46B467 #465CB4 #B44693

split-complementary

#B49E46 #4693B4 #6746B4

monochromatic

#5C5124 #887735 #B49E46 #C7B670 #D8CC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B49E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B49E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E46

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E46	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)

#AD9B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.111 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba7d',
    500: '#b49e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e46;
$custom-light: #cdba7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70119,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E46

secondary

#919BC5

accent

#6ED454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E46

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

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