#B49F46#B49F46

#B49F46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.112 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F46
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 61.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, -3.16, 48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 48.29, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0119 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.112 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3274, 34.9433, 10.8351)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F46 #465BB4

analogous

#B46846 #B49F46 #92B446

triadic

#B49F46 #46B49F #9F46B4

tetradic

#B49F46 #46B468 #465BB4 #B44692

square

#B49F46 #46B468 #465BB4 #B44692

split-complementary

#B49F46 #4692B4 #6846B4

monochromatic

#5C5124 #887835 #B49F46 #C7B770 #D8CD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B49F46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#B49F46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F46

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F46	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.112 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb7d',
    500: '#b49f46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f46;
$custom-light: #cdbb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.545,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70331,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F46

secondary

#919BC5

accent

#6CD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F46

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

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