#B09850#B09850

#B09850 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.096 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09850
RGB	rgb(176, 152, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 54.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -0.33, 40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 40.75, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0022 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.096 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5819, 32.2672, 12.2052)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09850 #5068B0

analogous

#B06850 #B09850 #98B050

triadic

#B09850 #50B098 #9850B0

tetradic

#B09850 #50B068 #5068B0 #B05098

square

#B09850 #50B068 #5068B0 #B05098

split-complementary

#B09850 #5098B0 #6850B0

monochromatic

#5C4F2A #86743D #B09850 #C3B17A #D6CAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B09850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#B09850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09850

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09850	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6964A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 152, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.096 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab683',
    500: '#b09850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09850;
$custom-light: #cab683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 37.795,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68585,
    "c": 0.09622,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09850

secondary

#98A3C3

accent

#77CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09850

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

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