#B09953#B09953

#B09953 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.094 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09953
RGB	rgb(176, 153, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 52.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -0.61, 39.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 39.59, 90.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.0027 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.094 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8582, 32.6385, 12.8564)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09953 #536AB0

analogous

#B06A53 #B09953 #98B053

triadic

#B09953 #53B099 #9953B0

tetradic

#B09953 #53B06A #536AB0 #B05398

square

#B09953 #53B06A #536AB0 #B05398

split-complementary

#B09953 #5398B0 #6A53B0

monochromatic

#5E512B #88753E #B09953 #C3B27D #D7CBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B09953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B09953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09953

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09953	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6974D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 153, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.094 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab685',
    500: '#b09953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09953;
$custom-light: #cab685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.161,
    "s": 37.052,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68837,
    "c": 0.09397,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09953

secondary

#9BA5C4

accent

#77CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09953

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →