#B09E40#B09E40

#B09E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.116 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E40
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -4.78, 50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 50.30, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.017 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.116 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0581, 34.0554, 9.7869)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E40 #4052B0

analogous

#B06640 #B09E40 #8AB040

triadic

#B09E40 #40B09E #9E40B0

tetradic

#B09E40 #40B066 #4052B0 #B0408A

square

#B09E40 #40B066 #4052B0 #B0408A

split-complementary

#B09E40 #408AB0 #6640B0

monochromatic

#564D1F #837630 #B09E40 #C7B866 #D8CD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B09E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B09E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E40

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E40	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.116 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba79',
    500: '#b09e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e40;
$custom-light: #caba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69672,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E40

secondary

#8992C3

accent

#67D651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E40

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

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