#B09A50#B09A50

#B09A50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.098 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09A50
RGB	rgb(176, 154, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 54.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, -1.41, 41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 41.40, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0053 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.098 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9092, 32.9219, 12.3143)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09A50 #5066B0

analogous

#B06A50 #B09A50 #96B050

triadic

#B09A50 #50B09A #9A50B0

tetradic

#B09A50 #50B06A #5066B0 #B05096

square

#B09A50 #50B06A #5066B0 #B05096

split-complementary

#B09A50 #5096B0 #6A50B0

monochromatic

#5C502A #86753D #B09A50 #C3B27A #D6CBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B09A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#B09A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09A50

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09A50	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)

#A89849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 154, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.098 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab783',
    500: '#b09a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09a50;
$custom-light: #cab783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 37.795,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69007,
    "c": 0.09773,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09A50

secondary

#98A2C3

accent

#75CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09A50

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

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