#B09A4E#B09A4E

#B09A4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.100 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09A4E
RGB	rgb(176, 154, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 55.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -1.58, 42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 42.38, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0061 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.1 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8364, 32.8928, 11.9309)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09A4E #4E64B0

analogous

#B0694E #B09A4E #95B04E

triadic

#B09A4E #4EB09A #9A4EB0

tetradic

#B09A4E #4EB069 #4E64B0 #B04E95

square

#B09A4E #4EB069 #4E64B0 #B04E95

split-complementary

#B09A4E #4E95B0 #694EB0

monochromatic

#5B5028 #86753B #B09A4E #C3B278 #D6CAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B09A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#B09A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09A4E

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09A4E	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 154, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.100 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab782',
    500: '#b09a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09a4e;
$custom-light: #cab782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6898,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09A4E

secondary

#97A1C3

accent

#74CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09A4E

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

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