#B49E56#B49E56

#B49E56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.096 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E56
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 52.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -1.33, 40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 40.27, 91.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0047 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.096 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7301, 34.8304, 13.8012)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E56 #566CB4

analogous

#B46F56 #B49E56 #9BB456

triadic

#B49E56 #56B49E #9E56B4

tetradic

#B49E56 #56B46F #566CB4 #B4569B

square

#B49E56 #56B46F #566CB4 #B4569B

split-complementary

#B49E56 #569BB4 #6F56B4

monochromatic

#63572C #8E7B3F #B49E56 #C7B680 #DACFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B49E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B49E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E56

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E56	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.096 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccba87',
    500: '#b49e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e56;
$custom-light: #ccba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70319,
    "c": 0.09571,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E56

secondary

#9EA8C7

accent

#75CE59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E56

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

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