#B69C42#B69C42

#B69C42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.113 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B69C42
RGB	rgb(182, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 63.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -0.95, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 49.39, 91.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0061 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.113 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1647, 34.1170, 10.0442)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B69C42 #425CB6

analogous

#B66242 #B69C42 #96B642

triadic

#B69C42 #42B69C #9C42B6

tetradic

#B69C42 #42B662 #425CB6 #B64296

square

#B69C42 #42B662 #425CB6 #B64296

split-complementary

#B69C42 #4296B6 #6242B6

monochromatic

#5C4F21 #897632 #B69C42 #CAB56C #DACB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B69C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B69C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B69C42

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B69C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B69C42	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b69c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.113 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb87a',
    500: '#b69c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b69c42;
$custom-light: #cfb87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b69c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.552,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6985,
    "c": 0.11311,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B69C42

secondary

#8E9BC6

accent

#6FD651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B69C42

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

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