#B09A40#B09A40

#B09A40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.112 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09A40
RGB	rgb(176, 154, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, -2.63, 48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 48.98, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0108 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.112 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3869, 32.7130, 9.5632)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09A40 #4056B0

analogous

#B06240 #B09A40 #8EB040

triadic

#B09A40 #40B09A #9A40B0

tetradic

#B09A40 #40B062 #4056B0 #B0408E

square

#B09A40 #40B062 #4056B0 #B0408E

split-complementary

#B09A40 #408EB0 #6240B0

monochromatic

#564B1F #837330 #B09A40 #C7B466 #D8CA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B09A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#B09A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09A40

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09A40	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 154, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.112 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb779',
    500: '#b09a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09a40;
$custom-light: #cbb779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68818,
    "c": 0.11231,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09A40

secondary

#8994C3

accent

#6CD651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09A40

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

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