#B09B40#B09B40

#B09B40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.113 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B40
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -3.17, 49.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 49.30, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0124 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.113 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5526, 33.0444, 9.6184)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B40 #4055B0

analogous

#B06340 #B09B40 #8DB040

triadic

#B09B40 #40B09B #9B40B0

tetradic

#B09B40 #40B063 #4055B0 #B0408D

square

#B09B40 #40B063 #4055B0 #B0408D

split-complementary

#B09B40 #408DB0 #6340B0

monochromatic

#564C1F #837330 #B09B40 #C7B566 #D8CB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B09B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B09B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B40

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B40	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.113 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb879',
    500: '#b09b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b40;
$custom-light: #cbb879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69031,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B40

secondary

#8994C3

accent

#6AD651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B40

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

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