#B09C40#B09C40

#B09C40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.114 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C40
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, -3.70, 49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 49.63, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0139 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.114 97)
XYZ	xyz(30.7197, 33.3787, 9.6741)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C40 #4054B0

analogous

#B06440 #B09C40 #8CB040

triadic

#B09C40 #40B09C #9C40B0

tetradic

#B09C40 #40B064 #4054B0 #B0408C

square

#B09C40 #40B064 #4054B0 #B0408C

split-complementary

#B09C40 #408CB0 #6440B0

monochromatic

#564C1F #837430 #B09C40 #C7B666 #D8CB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B09C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B09C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C40

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C40	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#AB9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.114 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb879',
    500: '#b09c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c40;
$custom-light: #cbb879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69244,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.33377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C40

secondary

#8993C3

accent

#69D651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C40

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

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