#B49F48#B49F48

#B49F48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.110 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F48
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, -3.01, 47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 47.37, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0112 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.11 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3916, 34.9690, 11.1731)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F48 #485DB4

analogous

#B46948 #B49F48 #93B448

triadic

#B49F48 #48B49F #9F48B4

tetradic

#B49F48 #48B469 #485DB4 #B44893

square

#B49F48 #48B469 #485DB4 #B44893

split-complementary

#B49F48 #4893B4 #6948B4

monochromatic

#5D5225 #887837 #B49F48 #C7B672 #D8CD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B49F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#B49F48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F48

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F48	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)

#AE9C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.110 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb7e',
    500: '#b49f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f48;
$custom-light: #cdbb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70353,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F48

secondary

#939DC5

accent

#6ED355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F48

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

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