#B09B45#B09B45

#B09B45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.109 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B45
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 60.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, -2.82, 46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 47.01, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.0108 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.109 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7013, 33.1039, 10.4016)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B45 #455AB0

analogous

#B06545 #B09B45 #8FB045

triadic

#B09B45 #45B09B #9B45B0

tetradic

#B09B45 #45B065 #455AB0 #B0458F

square

#B09B45 #45B065 #455AB0 #B0458F

split-complementary

#B09B45 #458FB0 #6545B0

monochromatic

#584E23 #847434 #B09B45 #C6B46D #D7CB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B09B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#B09B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B45

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B45	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9983C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.109 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab87c',
    500: '#b09b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b45;
$custom-light: #cab87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.224,
    "s": 43.673,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69084,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B45

secondary

#8E98C3

accent

#6DD354

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B45

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

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