#B09A37#B09A37

#B09A37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.119 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09A37
RGB	rgb(176, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 68.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, -3.18, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 52.90, 93.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0135 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.119 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1511, 32.6187, 8.3216)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09A37 #374DB0

analogous

#B05D37 #B09A37 #89B037

triadic

#B09A37 #37B09A #9A37B0

tetradic

#B09A37 #37B05D #374DB0 #B03789

square

#B09A37 #37B05D #374DB0 #B03789

split-complementary

#B09A37 #3789B0 #5D37B0

monochromatic

#53481A #817128 #B09A37 #CBB659 #DACB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B09A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B09A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09A37

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09A37	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.119 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb773',
    500: '#b09a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09a37;
$custom-light: #cbb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68732,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09A37

secondary

#7F8CC4

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09A37

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

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