#B09A52#B09A52

#B09A52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.096 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09A52
RGB	rgb(176, 154, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 53.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -1.24, 40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 40.42, 91.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0046 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.096 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9842, 32.9519, 12.7093)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09A52 #5268B0

analogous

#B06B52 #B09A52 #97B052

triadic

#B09A52 #52B09A #9A52B0

tetradic

#B09A52 #52B06B #5268B0 #B05297

square

#B09A52 #52B06B #5268B0 #B05297

split-complementary

#B09A52 #5297B0 #6B52B0

monochromatic

#5D512B #87763E #B09A52 #C3B37C #D6CBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B09A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B09A52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09A52

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09A52	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7984C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 154, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.096 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab784',
    500: '#b09a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09a52;
$custom-light: #cab784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 37.302,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69034,
    "c": 0.09574,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09A52

secondary

#9AA4C4

accent

#75CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09A52

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

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