#B09840#B09840

#B09840 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.111 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09840
RGB	rgb(176, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, -1.55, 48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 48.34, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.0077 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.111 94)
XYZ	xyz(30.0595, 32.0583, 9.4540)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09840 #4058B0

analogous

#B06040 #B09840 #90B040

triadic

#B09840 #40B098 #9840B0

tetradic

#B09840 #40B060 #4058B0 #B04090

square

#B09840 #40B060 #4058B0 #B04090

split-complementary

#B09840 #4090B0 #6040B0

monochromatic

#564A1F #837130 #B09840 #C7B266 #D8C993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B09840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#B09840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09840

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09840	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.111 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb679',
    500: '#b09840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09840;
$custom-light: #cbb679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68393,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.32057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09840

secondary

#8995C3

accent

#6ED651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09840

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

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