#B09D4E#B09D4E

#B09D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.102 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D4E
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 55.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -3.20, 43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 43.42, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0108 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.102 96)
XYZ	xyz(31.3378, 33.8955, 12.0980)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D4E #4E61B0

analogous

#B06C4E #B09D4E #92B04E

triadic

#B09D4E #4EB09D #9D4EB0

tetradic

#B09D4E #4EB06C #4E61B0 #B04E92

square

#B09D4E #4EB06C #4E61B0 #B04E92

split-complementary

#B09D4E #4E92B0 #6C4EB0

monochromatic

#5B5128 #86773B #B09D4E #C3B578 #D6CCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B09D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B09D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D4E

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D4E	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.102 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab982',
    500: '#b09d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d4e;
$custom-light: #cab982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.367,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69617,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.33894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D4E

secondary

#979FC3

accent

#70CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D4E

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

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