#B49F43#B49F43

#B49F43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.114 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F43
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 67)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 62.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -3.37, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 49.66, 93.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0128 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.114 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2350, 34.9063, 10.3488)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F43 #4358B4

analogous

#B46743 #B49F43 #90B443

triadic

#B49F43 #43B49F #9F43B4

tetradic

#B49F43 #43B467 #4358B4 #B44390

square

#B49F43 #43B467 #4358B4 #B44390

split-complementary

#B49F43 #4390B4 #6743B4

monochromatic

#5B5022 #877832 #B49F43 #C8B76C #D9CD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B49F43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#B49F43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F43

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F43	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.114 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb7b',
    500: '#b49f43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f43;
$custom-light: #cdbb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70299,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F43

secondary

#8E98C5

accent

#6BD552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F43

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

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