#B09B48#B09B48

#B09B48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.106 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B48
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 59.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -2.60, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 45.60, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% -0.0097 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.106 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7968, 33.1421, 10.9045)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B48 #485DB0

analogous

#B06748 #B09B48 #91B048

triadic

#B09B48 #48B09B #9B48B0

tetradic

#B09B48 #48B067 #485DB0 #B04891

square

#B09B48 #48B067 #485DB0 #B04891

split-complementary

#B09B48 #4891B0 #6748B0

monochromatic

#594E24 #857536 #B09B48 #C5B470 #D6CB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B09B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B09B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B48

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B48	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.106 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab87e',
    500: '#b09b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b48;
$custom-light: #cab87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.885,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69119,
    "c": 0.10611,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B48

secondary

#919BC3

accent

#6FD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B48

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

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