#B09C3E#B09C3E

#B09C3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.116 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C3E
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 64.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -3.84, 50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 50.52, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0145 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.116 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6638, 33.3563, 9.3797)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C3E #3E52B0

analogous

#B0633E #B09C3E #8BB03E

triadic

#B09C3E #3EB09C #9C3EB0

tetradic

#B09C3E #3EB063 #3E52B0 #B03E8B

square

#B09C3E #3EB063 #3E52B0 #B03E8B

split-complementary

#B09C3E #3E8BB0 #633EB0

monochromatic

#554C1E #83742E #B09C3E #C8B663 #D8CB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B09C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#B09C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C3E

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C3E	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)

#AB9833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.116 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb878',
    500: '#b09c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c3e;
$custom-light: #cbb878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.474,
    "s": 47.899,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69224,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C3E

secondary

#8791C3

accent

#68D750

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C3E

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

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