#B09B56#B09B56

#B09B56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.092 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B56
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 51.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, -1.42, 38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 38.77, 92.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% -0.0047 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.092 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3066, 33.3460, 13.5897)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B56 #566BB0

analogous

#B06E56 #B09B56 #98B056

triadic

#B09B56 #56B09B #9B56B0

tetradic

#B09B56 #56B06E #566BB0 #B05698

square

#B09B56 #56B06E #566BB0 #B05698

split-complementary

#B09B56 #5698B0 #6E56B0

monochromatic

#5F532C #897840 #B09B56 #C3B480 #D7CCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B09B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#B09B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B56

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B56	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.092 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b887',
    500: '#b09b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b56;
$custom-light: #c9b887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 36.29,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69301,
    "c": 0.09245,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B56

secondary

#9DA6C5

accent

#76CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B56

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

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