#B09C46#B09C46

#B09C46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.109 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C46
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 60.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -3.28, 46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 46.88, 94.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.012 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.109 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8997, 33.4507, 10.6222)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C46 #465AB0

analogous

#B06746 #B09C46 #8FB046

triadic

#B09C46 #46B09C #9C46B0

tetradic

#B09C46 #46B067 #465AB0 #B0468F

square

#B09C46 #46B067 #465AB0 #B0468F

split-complementary

#B09C46 #468FB0 #6746B0

monochromatic

#584E23 #847535 #B09C46 #C5B56E #D7CB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B09C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#B09C46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C46

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C46	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA993D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.109 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab87d',
    500: '#b09c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c46;
$custom-light: #cab87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 43.089,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69308,
    "c": 0.10872,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C46

secondary

#8F99C3

accent

#6DD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C46

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

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