#B09B53#B09B53

#B09B53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.096 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B53
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 52.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -1.69, 40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 40.26, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0058 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.096 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1883, 33.2987, 12.9664)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B53 #5368B0

analogous

#B06C53 #B09B53 #96B053

triadic

#B09B53 #53B09B #9B53B0

tetradic

#B09B53 #53B06C #5368B0 #B05396

square

#B09B53 #53B06C #5368B0 #B05396

split-complementary

#B09B53 #5396B0 #6C53B0

monochromatic

#5E522B #88773E #B09B53 #C3B37D #D7CCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B09B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B09B53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B53

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B53	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8984D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.096 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab885',
    500: '#b09b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b53;
$custom-light: #cab885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 37.052,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69259,
    "c": 0.09552,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B53

secondary

#9BA4C4

accent

#75CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B53

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

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