#B09A43#B09A43

#B09A43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.110 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09A43
RGB	rgb(176, 154, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 61.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, -2.42, 47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 47.61, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0099 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.11 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4745, 32.7480, 10.0249)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09A43 #4359B0

analogous

#B06443 #B09A43 #8FB043

triadic

#B09A43 #43B09A #9A43B0

tetradic

#B09A43 #43B064 #4359B0 #B0438F

square

#B09A43 #43B064 #4359B0 #B0438F

split-complementary

#B09A43 #438FB0 #6443B0

monochromatic

#574C21 #847332 #B09A43 #C6B46A #D7CA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B09A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#B09A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09A43

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09A43	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)

#A9973A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 154, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.110 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab77b',
    500: '#b09a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09a43;
$custom-light: #cab77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.89,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6885,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09A43

secondary

#8C97C3

accent

#6DD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09A43

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

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