#B09C52#B09C52

#B09C52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.097 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C52
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 53.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, -2.32, 41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 41.10, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0077 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.097 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3171, 33.6176, 12.8203)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C52 #5266B0

analogous

#B06D52 #B09C52 #95B052

triadic

#B09C52 #52B09C #9C52B0

tetradic

#B09C52 #52B06D #5266B0 #B05295

square

#B09C52 #52B06D #5266B0 #B05295

split-complementary

#B09C52 #5295B0 #6D52B0

monochromatic

#5D522B #87773E #B09C52 #C3B47C #D6CCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B09C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B09C52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C52

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C52	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)

#A9994B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.097 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab984',
    500: '#b09c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c52;
$custom-light: #cab984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 37.302,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69457,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C52

secondary

#9AA3C4

accent

#73CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C52

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

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