#B09A42#B09A42

#B09A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.111 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09A42
RGB	rgb(176, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -2.49, 48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 48.07, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.0102 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.111 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4448, 32.7361, 9.8683)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09A42 #4258B0

analogous

#B06342 #B09A42 #8FB042

triadic

#B09A42 #42B09A #9A42B0

tetradic

#B09A42 #42B063 #4258B0 #B0428F

square

#B09A42 #42B063 #4258B0 #B0428F

split-complementary

#B09A42 #428FB0 #6342B0

monochromatic

#574C21 #837331 #B09A42 #C7B469 #D7CA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B09A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#B09A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09A42

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09A42	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.111 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab77a',
    500: '#b09a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09a42;
$custom-light: #cab77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68839,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09A42

secondary

#8B96C3

accent

#6DD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09A42

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

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