#B09949#B09949

#B09949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.104 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09949
RGB	rgb(176, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 58.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -1.44, 44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 44.47, 91.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0063 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.104 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4996, 32.4951, 10.9677)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09949 #4960B0

analogous

#B06649 #B09949 #94B049

triadic

#B09949 #49B099 #9949B0

tetradic

#B09949 #49B066 #4960B0 #B04994

square

#B09949 #49B066 #4960B0 #B04994

split-complementary

#B09949 #4994B0 #6649B0

monochromatic

#594E25 #857337 #B09949 #C4B272 #D6CA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B09949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#B09949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09949

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09949	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.104 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab67e',
    500: '#b09949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09949;
$custom-light: #cab67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.602,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68706,
    "c": 0.10364,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09949

secondary

#929DC3

accent

#72D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09949

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

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