#B09C3C#B09C3C

#B09C3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.117 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C3C
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 65.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -3.96, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 51.40, 94.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0151 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.117 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6099, 33.3347, 9.0960)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C3C #3C50B0

analogous

#B0623C #B09C3C #8AB03C

triadic

#B09C3C #3CB09C #9C3CB0

tetradic

#B09C3C #3CB062 #3C50B0 #B03C8A

square

#B09C3C #3CB062 #3C50B0 #B03C8A

split-complementary

#B09C3C #3C8AB0 #623CB0

monochromatic

#554B1D #82742C #B09C3C #C9B760 #D8CC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B09C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#B09C3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C3C

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C3C	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)

#AB9830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.117 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb876',
    500: '#b09c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c3c;
$custom-light: #cbb876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 49.153,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69205,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C3C

secondary

#858FC3

accent

#67D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C3C

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

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