#B09C50#B09C50

#B09C50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.099 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C50
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 54.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -2.49, 42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 42.09, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0085 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.099 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2421, 33.5876, 12.4253)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C50 #5064B0

analogous

#B06C50 #B09C50 #94B050

triadic

#B09C50 #50B09C #9C50B0

tetradic

#B09C50 #50B06C #5064B0 #B05094

square

#B09C50 #50B06C #5064B0 #B05094

split-complementary

#B09C50 #5094B0 #6C50B0

monochromatic

#5C522A #86773D #B09C50 #C3B47A #D6CCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B09C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B09C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C50

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C50	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.099 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab983',
    500: '#b09c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c50;
$custom-light: #cab983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 37.795,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6943,
    "c": 0.09932,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C50

secondary

#98A1C3

accent

#72CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C50

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

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