#B09A46#B09A46

#B09A46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.107 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09A46
RGB	rgb(176, 154, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 60.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, -2.21, 46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 46.21, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0089 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.107 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5669, 32.7850, 10.5112)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09A46 #465CB0

analogous

#B06546 #B09A46 #91B046

triadic

#B09A46 #46B09A #9A46B0

tetradic

#B09A46 #46B065 #465CB0 #B04691

square

#B09A46 #46B065 #465CB0 #B04691

split-complementary

#B09A46 #4691B0 #6546B0

monochromatic

#584D23 #847435 #B09A46 #C5B36E #D7CA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B09A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#B09A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09A46

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09A46	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8973D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 154, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.107 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab77c',
    500: '#b09a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09a46;
$custom-light: #cab77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.547,
    "s": 43.089,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68883,
    "c": 0.10714,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09A46

secondary

#8F9AC3

accent

#6FD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09A46

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

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