#B09A38#B09A38

#B09A38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.119 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09A38
RGB	rgb(176, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -3.13, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 52.47, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0132 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.119 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1753, 32.6284, 8.4491)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09A38 #384EB0

analogous

#B05E38 #B09A38 #8AB038

triadic

#B09A38 #38B09A #9A38B0

tetradic

#B09A38 #38B05E #384EB0 #B0388A

square

#B09A38 #38B05E #384EB0 #B0388A

split-complementary

#B09A38 #388AB0 #5E38B0

monochromatic

#53491A #827129 #B09A38 #CBB65B #D9CB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B09A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B09A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09A38

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09A38	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)

#A9972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.119 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb774',
    500: '#b09a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09a38;
$custom-light: #cbb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68741,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09A38

secondary

#808DC4

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09A38

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

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