#B49E48#B49E48

#B49E48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.109 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E48
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -2.47, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 47.03, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0097 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.109 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2203, 34.6264, 11.1160)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E48 #485EB4

analogous

#B46848 #B49E48 #94B448

triadic

#B49E48 #48B49E #9E48B4

tetradic

#B49E48 #48B468 #485EB4 #B44894

square

#B49E48 #48B468 #485EB4 #B44894

split-complementary

#B49E48 #4894B4 #6848B4

monochromatic

#5D5125 #887837 #B49E48 #C7B672 #D8CC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B49E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B49E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E48

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E48	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.109 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba7e',
    500: '#b49e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e48;
$custom-light: #cdba7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.778,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70141,
    "c": 0.10909,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E48

secondary

#939DC5

accent

#6FD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E48

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

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