#B49E4E#B49E4E

#B49E4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.104 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E4E
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -2.01, 44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 44.19, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0076 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.104 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4257, 34.7086, 12.1977)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E4E #4E64B4

analogous

#B46B4E #B49E4E #97B44E

triadic

#B49E4E #4EB49E #9E4EB4

tetradic

#B49E4E #4EB46B #4E64B4 #B44E97

square

#B49E4E #4EB46B #4E64B4 #B44E97

split-complementary

#B49E4E #4E97B4 #6B4EB4

monochromatic

#5F5328 #8A793B #B49E4E #C6B679 #D8CDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B49E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B49E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E4E

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E4E	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.104 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba82',
    500: '#b49e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e4e;
$custom-light: #cdba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70213,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E4E

secondary

#98A2C6

accent

#72D057

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E4E

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

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