#B09C4E#B09C4E

#B09C4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.101 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C4E
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 55.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -2.66, 42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 43.07, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0092 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.101 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1693, 33.5585, 12.0419)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C4E #4E62B0

analogous

#B06B4E #B09C4E #93B04E

triadic

#B09C4E #4EB09C #9C4EB0

tetradic

#B09C4E #4EB06B #4E62B0 #B04E93

square

#B09C4E #4EB06B #4E62B0 #B04E93

split-complementary

#B09C4E #4E93B0 #6B4EB0

monochromatic

#5B5128 #86763B #B09C4E #C3B478 #D6CBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B09C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B09C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C4E

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C4E	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.101 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab982',
    500: '#b09c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c4e;
$custom-light: #cab982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69405,
    "c": 0.10128,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C4E

secondary

#97A0C3

accent

#71CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C4E

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

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