#B09542#B09542

#B09542 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.107 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09542
RGB	rgb(176, 149, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, 0.22, 46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 46.52, 89.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0024 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.107 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6367, 31.1199, 9.5989)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09542 #425DB0

analogous

#B05E42 #B09542 #94B042

triadic

#B09542 #42B095 #9542B0

tetradic

#B09542 #42B05E #425DB0 #B04294

square

#B09542 #42B05E #425DB0 #B04294

split-complementary

#B09542 #4294B0 #5E42B0

monochromatic

#574A21 #836F31 #B09542 #C7B069 #D7C795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#B09542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#B09542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09542

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09542	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 149, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.107 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb37a',
    500: '#b09542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09542;
$custom-light: #cbb37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.273,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67782,
    "c": 0.10703,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09542

secondary

#8B99C3

accent

#73D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09542

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

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