#B09E4E#B09E4E

#B09E4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.103 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E4E
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 55.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -3.74, 43.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 43.77, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.0123 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.103 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5077, 34.2352, 12.1547)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E4E #4E60B0

analogous

#B06D4E #B09E4E #91B04E

triadic

#B09E4E #4EB09E #9E4EB0

tetradic

#B09E4E #4EB06D #4E60B0 #B04E91

square

#B09E4E #4EB06D #4E60B0 #B04E91

split-complementary

#B09E4E #4E91B0 #6D4EB0

monochromatic

#5B5228 #86783B #B09E4E #C3B578 #D6CDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B09E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B09E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E4E

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E4E	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.103 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba82',
    500: '#b09e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e4e;
$custom-light: #caba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6983,
    "c": 0.10296,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E4E

secondary

#979FC3

accent

#6FCF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E4E

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

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