#B09E48#B09E48

#B09E48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.109 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E48
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 59.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, -4.21, 46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 46.64, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0144 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.109 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3023, 34.1531, 11.0730)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E48 #485AB0

analogous

#B06A48 #B09E48 #8EB048

triadic

#B09E48 #48B09E #9E48B0

tetradic

#B09E48 #48B06A #485AB0 #B0488E

square

#B09E48 #48B06A #485AB0 #B0488E

split-complementary

#B09E48 #488EB0 #6A48B0

monochromatic

#595024 #857736 #B09E48 #C5B670 #D6CC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B09E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B09E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E48

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E48	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)

#AC9A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.109 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba7e',
    500: '#b09e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e48;
$custom-light: #caba7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69758,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E48

secondary

#919AC3

accent

#6BD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E48

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

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