#B09A55#B09A55

#B09A55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.093 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09A55
RGB	rgb(176, 154, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 51.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -0.97, 38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 38.93, 91.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.0035 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.093 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1009, 32.9986, 13.3237)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09A55 #556BB0

analogous

#B06C55 #B09A55 #98B055

triadic

#B09A55 #55B09A #9A55B0

tetradic

#B09A55 #55B06C #556BB0 #B05598

square

#B09A55 #55B06C #556BB0 #B05598

split-complementary

#B09A55 #5598B0 #6C55B0

monochromatic

#5F522C #88773F #B09A55 #C3B37F #D7CCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B09A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B09A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09A55

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09A55	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7984F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 154, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.093 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab786',
    500: '#b09a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09a55;
$custom-light: #cab786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.495,
    "s": 36.546,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69076,
    "c": 0.0927,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09A55

secondary

#9CA6C5

accent

#77CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09A55

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

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