#B09B59#B09B59

#B09B59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.089 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B59
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 49.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -1.14, 37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 37.26, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0035 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.089 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4301, 33.3954, 14.2397)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B59 #596EB0

analogous

#B07059 #B09B59 #9AB059

triadic

#B09B59 #59B09B #9B59B0

tetradic

#B09B59 #59B070 #596EB0 #B0599A

square

#B09B59 #59B070 #596EB0 #B0599A

split-complementary

#B09B59 #599AB0 #7059B0

monochromatic

#61542E #8A7942 #B09B59 #C4B482 #D7CDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B09B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B09B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B59

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B59	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.089 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b889',
    500: '#b09b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b59;
$custom-light: #c9b889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 35.51,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69346,
    "c": 0.08932,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B59

secondary

#9FA9C5

accent

#77CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B59

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

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