#B09D42#B09D42

#B09D42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.113 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D42
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -4.11, 48.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 49.06, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0148 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.113 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9461, 33.7388, 10.0354)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D42 #4255B0

analogous

#B06642 #B09D42 #8CB042

triadic

#B09D42 #42B09D #9D42B0

tetradic

#B09D42 #42B066 #4255B0 #B0428C

square

#B09D42 #42B066 #4255B0 #B0428C

split-complementary

#B09D42 #428CB0 #6642B0

monochromatic

#574E21 #837531 #B09D42 #C7B669 #D7CC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B09D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B09D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D42

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D42	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.113 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab97a',
    500: '#b09d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d42;
$custom-light: #cab97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.636,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69478,
    "c": 0.11303,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D42

secondary

#8B95C3

accent

#69D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D42

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

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