#B09D55#B09D55

#B09D55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.095 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D55
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 51.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -2.59, 39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 39.97, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0082 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.095 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6022, 34.0013, 13.4908)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D55 #5568B0

analogous

#B06F55 #B09D55 #95B055

triadic

#B09D55 #55B09D #9D55B0

tetradic

#B09D55 #55B06F #5568B0 #B05595

square

#B09D55 #55B06F #5568B0 #B05595

split-complementary

#B09D55 #5595B0 #6F55B0

monochromatic

#5F542C #88793F #B09D55 #C3B57F #D7CDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B09D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B09D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D55

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D55	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.095 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab986',
    500: '#b09d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d55;
$custom-light: #cab986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.473,
    "s": 36.546,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69711,
    "c": 0.09512,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D55

secondary

#9CA5C5

accent

#73CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D55

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

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