#B09E55#B09E55

#B09E55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.096 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E55
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 51.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -3.13, 40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 40.33, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0098 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.096 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7721, 34.3410, 13.5475)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E55 #5567B0

analogous

#B07055 #B09E55 #94B055

triadic

#B09E55 #55B09E #9E55B0

tetradic

#B09E55 #55B070 #5567B0 #B05594

square

#B09E55 #55B070 #5567B0 #B05594

split-complementary

#B09E55 #5594B0 #7055B0

monochromatic

#5F552C #887A3F #B09E55 #C3B67F #D7CEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B09E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B09E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E55

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E55	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.096 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba87',
    500: '#b09e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e55;
$custom-light: #caba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.132,
    "s": 36.546,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69923,
    "c": 0.09599,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E55

secondary

#9CA4C5

accent

#72CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E55

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

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