#B09D46#B09D46

#B09D46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.110 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D46
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 60.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -3.82, 47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 47.22, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0135 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.11 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0682, 33.7876, 10.6783)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D46 #4659B0

analogous

#B06846 #B09D46 #8EB046

triadic

#B09D46 #46B09D #9D46B0

tetradic

#B09D46 #46B068 #4659B0 #B0468E

square

#B09D46 #46B068 #4659B0 #B0468E

split-complementary

#B09D46 #468EB0 #6846B0

monochromatic

#584F23 #847635 #B09D46 #C5B66E #D7CC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B09D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B09D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D46

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D46	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.110 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab97d',
    500: '#b09d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d46;
$custom-light: #cab97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.245,
    "s": 43.089,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69522,
    "c": 0.10955,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D46

secondary

#8F98C3

accent

#6CD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D46

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

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