#B09D4A#B09D4A

#B09D4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.106 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D4A
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 58%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -3.52, 45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 45.34, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0122 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.106 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1987, 33.8398, 11.3656)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D4A #4A5DB0

analogous

#B06A4A #B09D4A #90B04A

triadic

#B09D4A #4AB09D #9D4AB0

tetradic

#B09D4A #4AB06A #4A5DB0 #B04A90

square

#B09D4A #4AB06A #4A5DB0 #B04A90

split-complementary

#B09D4A #4A90B0 #6A4AB0

monochromatic

#5A5026 #857738 #B09D4A #C4B573 #D6CC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B09D4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B09D4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D4A

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D4A	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.106 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab97f',
    500: '#b09d4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d4a;
$custom-light: #cab97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.824,
    "s": 40.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69568,
    "c": 0.1059,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D4A

secondary

#939CC3

accent

#6ED157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D4A

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

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