#B09B4E#B09B4E

#B09B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.100 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B4E
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 55.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -2.12, 42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 42.72, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0076 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.1 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0022, 33.2243, 11.9862)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B4E #4E63B0

analogous

#B06A4E #B09B4E #94B04E

triadic

#B09B4E #4EB09B #9B4EB0

tetradic

#B09B4E #4EB06A #4E63B0 #B04E94

square

#B09B4E #4EB06A #4E63B0 #B04E94

split-complementary

#B09B4E #4E94B0 #6A4EB0

monochromatic

#5B5028 #86763B #B09B4E #C3B378 #D6CBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B09B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#B09B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B4E

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B4E	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.100 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab882',
    500: '#b09b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b4e;
$custom-light: #cab882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69192,
    "c": 0.10047,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B4E

secondary

#97A0C3

accent

#72CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B4E

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

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