#B09C44#B09C44

#B09C44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.110 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C44
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 68)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 61.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -3.43, 47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 47.81, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0126 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.11 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8376, 33.4258, 10.2952)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C44 #4458B0

analogous

#B06644 #B09C44 #8EB044

triadic

#B09C44 #44B09C #9C44B0

tetradic

#B09C44 #44B066 #4458B0 #B0448E

square

#B09C44 #44B066 #4458B0 #B0448E

split-complementary

#B09C44 #448EB0 #6644B0

monochromatic

#584E22 #847533 #B09C44 #C6B56B #D7CB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B09C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B09C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C44

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C44	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)

#AA993B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.110 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab87b',
    500: '#b09c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c44;
$custom-light: #cab87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69286,
    "c": 0.11049,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C44

secondary

#8D97C3

accent

#6CD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C44

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

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