#B09225#B09225

#B09225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.125 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09225
RGB	rgb(176, 146, 37)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 79%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, 0.30, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 57.57, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% -0.0055 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.125 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5190, 29.9232, 6.0235)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09225 #2543B0

analogous

#B04C25 #B09225 #89B025

triadic

#B09225 #25B092 #9225B0

tetradic

#B09225 #25B04C #2543B0 #B02589

square

#B09225 #25B04C #2543B0 #B02589

split-complementary

#B09225 #2589B0 #4C25B0

monochromatic

#4B3E10 #7D681A #B09225 #D6B53C #E1C86F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#B09225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#B09225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B09225

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09225	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3900D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 146, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.125 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb169',
    500: '#b09225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09225;
$custom-light: #ccb169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.05,
    "s": 65.258,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66905,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09225

secondary

#6A7EC7

accent

#64E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09225

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

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