#B49E4F#B49E4F

#B49E4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.103 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E4F
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 56.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -1.93, 43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 43.70, 92.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0072 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.103 94)
XYZ	xyz(32.4618, 34.7230, 12.3879)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E4F #4F65B4

analogous

#B46B4F #B49E4F #97B44F

triadic

#B49E4F #4FB49E #9E4FB4

tetradic

#B49E4F #4FB46B #4F65B4 #B44F97

square

#B49E4F #4FB46B #4F65B4 #B44F97

split-complementary

#B49E4F #4F97B4 #6B4FB4

monochromatic

#605429 #8B793B #B49E4F #C6B67A #D9CDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B49E4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B49E4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E4F

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E4F	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)

#AC9B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.103 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba83',
    500: '#b49e4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e4f;
$custom-light: #cdba83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.931,
    "s": 40.239,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70225,
    "c": 0.10262,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.34722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E4F

secondary

#99A3C6

accent

#72D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E4F

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

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