#B09B3C#B09B3C

#B09B3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.116 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B3C
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 65.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -3.42, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 51.07, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0136 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.116 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4428, 33.0005, 9.0403)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B3C #3C51B0

analogous

#B0613C #B09B3C #8BB03C

triadic

#B09B3C #3CB09B #9B3CB0

tetradic

#B09B3C #3CB061 #3C51B0 #B03C8B

square

#B09B3C #3CB061 #3C51B0 #B03C8B

split-complementary

#B09B3C #3C8BB0 #613CB0

monochromatic

#554B1D #82732C #B09B3C #C9B660 #D8CB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B09B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B09B3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B3C

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B3C	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)

#AA9830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.116 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb876',
    500: '#b09b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b3c;
$custom-light: #cbb876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.138,
    "s": 49.153,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68991,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B3C

secondary

#8590C3

accent

#68D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B3C

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

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