#B09D4F#B09D4F

#B09D4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.101 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D4F
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 55.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -3.12, 42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 42.93, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0104 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.101 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3739, 33.9099, 12.2883)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D4F #4F62B0

analogous

#B06C4F #B09D4F #93B04F

triadic

#B09D4F #4FB09D #9D4FB0

tetradic

#B09D4F #4FB06C #4F62B0 #B04F93

square

#B09D4F #4FB06C #4F62B0 #B04F93

split-complementary

#B09D4F #4F93B0 #6C4FB0

monochromatic

#5C5229 #86773C #B09D4F #C3B579 #D6CCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B09D4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B09D4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D4F

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D4F	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)

#AB9A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.101 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab982',
    500: '#b09d4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d4f;
$custom-light: #cab982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.247,
    "s": 38.039,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6963,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D4F

secondary

#98A0C3

accent

#71CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D4F

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

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