#B09D50#B09D50

#B09D50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.100 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D50
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 54.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -3.03, 42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 42.44, 94.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.01 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.1 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4106, 33.9246, 12.4814)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D50 #5063B0

analogous

#B06D50 #B09D50 #93B050

triadic

#B09D50 #50B09D #9D50B0

tetradic

#B09D50 #50B06D #5063B0 #B05093

square

#B09D50 #50B06D #5063B0 #B05093

split-complementary

#B09D50 #5093B0 #6D50B0

monochromatic

#5C522A #86783D #B09D50 #C3B57A #D6CCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B09D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B09D50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D50

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D50	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)

#AA9A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.100 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab983',
    500: '#b09d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d50;
$custom-light: #cab983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.125,
    "s": 37.795,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69643,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D50

secondary

#98A1C3

accent

#71CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D50

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

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