#B09D40#B09D40

#B09D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.115 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D40
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -4.24, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 49.96, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0154 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.115 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8882, 33.7156, 9.7303)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D40 #4053B0

analogous

#B06540 #B09D40 #8BB040

triadic

#B09D40 #40B09D #9D40B0

tetradic

#B09D40 #40B065 #4053B0 #B0408B

square

#B09D40 #40B065 #4053B0 #B0408B

split-complementary

#B09D40 #408BB0 #6540B0

monochromatic

#564D1F #837530 #B09D40 #C7B766 #D8CC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B09D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B09D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D40

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D40	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)

#AC9935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.115 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab979',
    500: '#b09d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d40;
$custom-light: #cab979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.821,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69458,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D40

secondary

#8993C3

accent

#68D651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D40

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

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