#B09C49#B09C49

#B09C49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.106 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C49
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 58.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -3.06, 45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 45.47, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.011 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.106 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9968, 33.4895, 11.1334)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C49 #495DB0

analogous

#B06949 #B09C49 #91B049

triadic

#B09C49 #49B09C #9C49B0

tetradic

#B09C49 #49B069 #495DB0 #B04991

square

#B09C49 #49B069 #495DB0 #B04991

split-complementary

#B09C49 #4991B0 #6949B0

monochromatic

#594F25 #857637 #B09C49 #C4B472 #D6CB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B09C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B09C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C49

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C49	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.106 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab97e',
    500: '#b09c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c49;
$custom-light: #cab97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.35,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69343,
    "c": 0.10601,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C49

secondary

#929BC3

accent

#6ED157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C49

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

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