#B09E56#B09E56

#B09E56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.095 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E56
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 51.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -3.04, 39.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 39.83, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.0094 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.095 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8121, 34.3570, 13.7582)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E56 #5668B0

analogous

#B07156 #B09E56 #95B056

triadic

#B09E56 #56B09E #9E56B0

tetradic

#B09E56 #56B071 #5668B0 #B05695

square

#B09E56 #56B071 #5668B0 #B05695

split-complementary

#B09E56 #5695B0 #7156B0

monochromatic

#5F552C #897A40 #B09E56 #C3B680 #D7CEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B09E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B09E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E56

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E56	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)

#AB9B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.095 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba87',
    500: '#b09e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e56;
$custom-light: #c9ba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 36.29,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69937,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E56

secondary

#9DA5C5

accent

#72CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E56

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

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