#B09C53#B09C53

#B09C53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.096 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C53
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 52.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -2.23, 40.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 40.61, 93.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0074 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.096 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3554, 33.6329, 13.0221)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C53 #5367B0

analogous

#B06D53 #B09C53 #95B053

triadic

#B09C53 #53B09C #9C53B0

tetradic

#B09C53 #53B06D #5367B0 #B05395

square

#B09C53 #53B06D #5367B0 #B05395

split-complementary

#B09C53 #5395B0 #6D53B0

monochromatic

#5E532B #88783E #B09C53 #C3B47D #D7CCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B09C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#B09C53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C53

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C53	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.096 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab985',
    500: '#b09c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c53;
$custom-light: #cab985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.097,
    "s": 37.052,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69471,
    "c": 0.09633,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C53

secondary

#9BA4C4

accent

#73CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C53

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

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