#B09D53#B09D53

#B09D53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.097 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D53
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 52.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -2.77, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 40.96, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0089 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.097 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5239, 33.9699, 13.0783)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D53 #5366B0

analogous

#B06E53 #B09D53 #94B053

triadic

#B09D53 #53B09D #9D53B0

tetradic

#B09D53 #53B06E #5366B0 #B05394

square

#B09D53 #53B06E #5366B0 #B05394

split-complementary

#B09D53 #5394B0 #6E53B0

monochromatic

#5E532B #88793E #B09D53 #C3B57D #D7CDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B09D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B09D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D53

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D53	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#AA9A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.097 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab985',
    500: '#b09d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d53;
$custom-light: #cab985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.742,
    "s": 37.052,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69683,
    "c": 0.09716,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D53

secondary

#9BA3C4

accent

#72CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D53

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

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