#B09D5E#B09D5E

#B09D5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.086 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D5E
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 34%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 47%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 46.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, -1.73, 35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 35.42, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0047 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.086 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9828, 34.1535, 15.4951)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D5E #5E71B0

analogous

#B0745E #B09D5E #9AB05E

triadic

#B09D5E #5EB09D #9D5EB0

tetradic

#B09D5E #5EB074 #5E71B0 #B05E9A

square

#B09D5E #5EB074 #5E71B0 #B05E9A

split-complementary

#B09D5E #5E9AB0 #745EB0

monochromatic

#635731 #8C7C45 #B09D5E #C4B687 #D8CFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B09D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B09D5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D5E

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D5E	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.086 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b98d',
    500: '#b09d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d5e;
$custom-light: #c9b98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.098,
    "s": 34.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69845,
    "c": 0.08558,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D5E

secondary

#A3ABC7

accent

#77CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D5E

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

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