#B09D3C#B09D3C

#B09D3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.118 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D3C
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 65.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, -4.50, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 51.73, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0167 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.118 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7784, 33.6717, 9.1522)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D3C #3C4FB0

analogous

#B0633C #B09D3C #89B03C

triadic

#B09D3C #3CB09D #9D3CB0

tetradic

#B09D3C #3CB063 #3C4FB0 #B03C89

square

#B09D3C #3CB063 #3C4FB0 #B03C89

split-complementary

#B09D3C #3C89B0 #633CB0

monochromatic

#554C1D #82742C #B09D3C #C9B860 #D8CC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B09D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#B09D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D3C

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D3C	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)

#AC9930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.118 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb976',
    500: '#b09d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d3c;
$custom-light: #cbb976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.172,
    "s": 49.153,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69419,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D3C

secondary

#858FC3

accent

#66D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D3C

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

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