#B49F4E#B49F4E

#B49F4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.104 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49F4E
RGB	rgb(180, 159, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -2.55, 44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 44.52, 93.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0091 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.104 95)
XYZ	xyz(32.5969, 35.0511, 12.2548)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49F4E #4E63B4

analogous

#B46C4E #B49F4E #96B44E

triadic

#B49F4E #4EB49F #9F4EB4

tetradic

#B49F4E #4EB46C #4E63B4 #B44E96

square

#B49F4E #4EB46C #4E63B4 #B44E96

split-complementary

#B49F4E #4E96B4 #6C4EB4

monochromatic

#5F5428 #8A7A3B #B49F4E #C6B679 #D8CEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B49F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B49F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49F4E

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49F4E	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 159, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.104 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb82',
    500: '#b49f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49f4e;
$custom-light: #cdbb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70424,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.3505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49F4E

secondary

#98A2C6

accent

#70D057

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49F4E

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

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