#B09A45#B09A45

#B09A45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.108 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09A45
RGB	rgb(176, 154, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 60.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -2.28, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 46.68, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% -0.0092 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.108 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5356, 32.7725, 10.3464)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09A45 #455BB0

analogous

#B06545 #B09A45 #90B045

triadic

#B09A45 #45B09A #9A45B0

tetradic

#B09A45 #45B065 #455BB0 #B04590

square

#B09A45 #45B065 #455BB0 #B04590

split-complementary

#B09A45 #4590B0 #6545B0

monochromatic

#584D23 #847434 #B09A45 #C6B36D #D7CA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B09A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#B09A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09A45

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09A45	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)

#A8973C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 154, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.108 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab77c',
    500: '#b09a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09a45;
$custom-light: #cab77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.664,
    "s": 43.673,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68872,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09A45

secondary

#8E99C3

accent

#6FD354

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09A45

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

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