#B49E49#B49E49

#B49E49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.108 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E49
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -2.40, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 46.56, 92.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0093 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.108 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2532, 34.6396, 11.2893)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E49 #495FB4

analogous

#B46949 #B49E49 #94B449

triadic

#B49E49 #49B49E #9E49B4

tetradic

#B49E49 #49B469 #495FB4 #B44994

square

#B49E49 #49B469 #495FB4 #B44994

split-complementary

#B49E49 #4994B4 #6949B4

monochromatic

#5D5226 #887837 #B49E49 #C7B574 #D8CC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B49E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B49E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E49

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E49	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)

#AD9B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.108 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba7f',
    500: '#b49e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e49;
$custom-light: #cdba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.664,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70153,
    "c": 0.10819,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E49

secondary

#949EC5

accent

#6FD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E49

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

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