#B09642#B09642

#B09642 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.108 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09642
RGB	rgb(176, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -0.32, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 46.82, 90.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.0039 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.108 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7956, 31.4377, 9.6519)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09642 #425CB0

analogous

#B05F42 #B09642 #93B042

triadic

#B09642 #42B096 #9642B0

tetradic

#B09642 #42B05F #425CB0 #B04293

square

#B09642 #42B05F #425CB0 #B04293

split-complementary

#B09642 #4293B0 #5F42B0

monochromatic

#574A21 #837031 #B09642 #C7B069 #D7C895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#B09642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#B09642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09642

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09642	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.108 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab47a',
    500: '#b09642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09642;
$custom-light: #cab47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67992,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09642

secondary

#8B98C3

accent

#72D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09642

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

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