#B09D45#B09D45

#B09D45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.110 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D45
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 60.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -3.90, 47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 47.69, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0138 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.11 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0369, 33.7751, 10.5135)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D45 #4558B0

analogous

#B06845 #B09D45 #8DB045

triadic

#B09D45 #45B09D #9D45B0

tetradic

#B09D45 #45B068 #4558B0 #B0458D

square

#B09D45 #45B068 #4558B0 #B0458D

split-complementary

#B09D45 #458DB0 #6845B0

monochromatic

#584F23 #847634 #B09D45 #C6B66D #D7CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B09D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B09D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D45

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D45	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)

#AB993C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.110 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab97c',
    500: '#b09d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d45;
$custom-light: #cab97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.346,
    "s": 43.673,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6951,
    "c": 0.11043,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D45

secondary

#8E97C3

accent

#6BD354

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D45

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

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