#B09F42#B09F42

#B09F42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09F42
RGB	rgb(176, 159, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -5.18, 49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 49.75, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0179 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.115 99)
XYZ	xyz(31.2873, 34.4211, 10.1491)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09F42 #4253B0

analogous

#B06842 #B09F42 #8AB042

triadic

#B09F42 #42B09F #9F42B0

tetradic

#B09F42 #42B068 #4253B0 #B0428A

square

#B09F42 #42B068 #4253B0 #B0428A

split-complementary

#B09F42 #428AB0 #6842B0

monochromatic

#574F21 #837731 #B09F42 #C7B869 #D7CD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B09F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B09F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09F42

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09F42	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)

#AD9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 159, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb7a',
    500: '#b09f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09f42;
$custom-light: #cabb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.727,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69907,
    "c": 0.11472,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.3442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09F42

secondary

#8B94C3

accent

#67D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09F42

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

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