#B09D3E#B09D3E

#B09D3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.116 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D3E
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 64.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -4.37, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 50.85, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0161 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.116 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8323, 33.6933, 9.4359)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D3E #3E51B0

analogous

#B0643E #B09D3E #8AB03E

triadic

#B09D3E #3EB09D #9D3EB0

tetradic

#B09D3E #3EB064 #3E51B0 #B03E8A

square

#B09D3E #3EB064 #3E51B0 #B03E8A

split-complementary

#B09D3E #3E8AB0 #643EB0

monochromatic

#554C1E #83752E #B09D3E #C8B763 #D8CC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B09D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B09D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D3E

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D3E	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.116 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb978',
    500: '#b09d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d3e;
$custom-light: #cbb978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 47.899,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69438,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D3E

secondary

#8791C3

accent

#67D750

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D3E

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

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