#B09D51#B09D51

#B09D51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.099 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D51
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 54%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -2.95, 41.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 41.95, 94.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0097 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.099 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4478, 33.9395, 12.6775)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D51 #5164B0

analogous

#B06D51 #B09D51 #93B051

triadic

#B09D51 #51B09D #9D51B0

tetradic

#B09D51 #51B06D #5164B0 #B05193

square

#B09D51 #51B06D #5164B0 #B05193

split-complementary

#B09D51 #5193B0 #6D51B0

monochromatic

#5D522A #87783D #B09D51 #C3B57B #D6CCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B09D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B09D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D51

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D51	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.099 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab984',
    500: '#b09d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d51;
$custom-light: #cab984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69656,
    "c": 0.09917,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D51

secondary

#99A2C4

accent

#71CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D51

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

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