#B09C39#B09C39

#B09C39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.119 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C39
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 67.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -4.14, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 52.68, 94.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.016 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.119 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5329, 33.3039, 8.6901)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C39 #394DB0

analogous

#B06039 #B09C39 #88B039

triadic

#B09C39 #39B09C #9C39B0

tetradic

#B09C39 #39B060 #394DB0 #B03988

square

#B09C39 #39B060 #394DB0 #B03988

split-complementary

#B09C39 #3988B0 #6039B0

monochromatic

#544A1B #82732A #B09C39 #CAB85C #D9CC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B09C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B09C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C39

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C39	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)

#AB982C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.119 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb875',
    500: '#b09c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c39;
$custom-light: #cbb875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.916,
    "s": 51.073,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69177,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C39

secondary

#818CC4

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C39

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

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