#B09E49#B09E49

#B09E49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.108 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E49
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 58.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -4.13, 45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 46.17, 95.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0141 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.108 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3352, 34.1662, 11.2462)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E49 #495BB0

analogous

#B06B49 #B09E49 #8FB049

triadic

#B09E49 #49B09E #9E49B0

tetradic

#B09E49 #49B06B #495BB0 #B0498F

square

#B09E49 #49B06B #495BB0 #B0498F

split-complementary

#B09E49 #498FB0 #6B49B0

monochromatic

#595025 #857737 #B09E49 #C4B672 #D6CC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B09E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B09E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E49

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E49	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)

#AC9A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.108 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba7f',
    500: '#b09e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e49;
$custom-light: #caba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.515,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6977,
    "c": 0.10768,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E49

secondary

#929AC3

accent

#6CD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E49

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

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