#B09E42#B09E42

#B09E42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.114 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E42
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -4.64, 49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 49.41, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.0164 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.114 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1160, 34.0786, 10.0920)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E42 #4254B0

analogous

#B06742 #B09E42 #8BB042

triadic

#B09E42 #42B09E #9E42B0

tetradic

#B09E42 #42B067 #4254B0 #B0428B

square

#B09E42 #42B067 #4254B0 #B0428B

split-complementary

#B09E42 #428BB0 #6742B0

monochromatic

#574E21 #837631 #B09E42 #C7B769 #D7CC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B09E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B09E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E42

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E42	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.114 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba7a',
    500: '#b09e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e42;
$custom-light: #caba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69692,
    "c": 0.11386,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E42

secondary

#8B94C3

accent

#68D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E42

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

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