#B09D43#B09D43

#B09D43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.112 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D43
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 61.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -4.04, 48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 48.61, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0145 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.112 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9759, 33.7507, 10.1920)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D43 #4356B0

analogous

#B06643 #B09D43 #8DB043

triadic

#B09D43 #43B09D #9D43B0

tetradic

#B09D43 #43B066 #4356B0 #B0438D

square

#B09D43 #43B066 #4356B0 #B0438D

split-complementary

#B09D43 #438DB0 #6643B0

monochromatic

#574E21 #847532 #B09D43 #C6B66A #D7CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B09D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B09D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D43

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D43	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)

#AB9939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.112 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab97b',
    500: '#b09d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d43;
$custom-light: #cab97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.541,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69489,
    "c": 0.11217,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D43

secondary

#8C95C3

accent

#6AD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D43

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

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