#B09C4A#B09C4A

#B09C4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.105 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C4A
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 58%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -2.98, 44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 44.99, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0106 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.105 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0302, 33.5029, 11.3095)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C4A #4A5EB0

analogous

#B0694A #B09C4A #91B04A

triadic

#B09C4A #4AB09C #9C4AB0

tetradic

#B09C4A #4AB069 #4A5EB0 #B04A91

square

#B09C4A #4AB069 #4A5EB0 #B04A91

split-complementary

#B09C4A #4A91B0 #694AB0

monochromatic

#5A5026 #857638 #B09C4A #C4B473 #D6CB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B09C4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B09C4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C4A

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C4A	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)

#AA9942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.105 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab97f',
    500: '#b09c4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c4a;
$custom-light: #cab97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 40.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69355,
    "c": 0.10508,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C4A

secondary

#939CC3

accent

#6FD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C4A

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

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