#B09E59#B09E59

#B09E59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.092 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E59
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 49.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -2.76, 38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 38.33, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0082 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.092 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9355, 34.4064, 14.4082)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E59 #596BB0

analogous

#B07359 #B09E59 #97B059

triadic

#B09E59 #59B09E #9E59B0

tetradic

#B09E59 #59B073 #596BB0 #B05997

square

#B09E59 #59B073 #596BB0 #B05997

split-complementary

#B09E59 #5997B0 #7359B0

monochromatic

#61562E #8A7B42 #B09E59 #C4B682 #D7CEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B09E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B09E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E59

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E59	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.092 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba89',
    500: '#b09e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e59;
$custom-light: #c9ba89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 35.51,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69981,
    "c": 0.09181,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E59

secondary

#9FA7C5

accent

#73CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E59

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

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