#B09226#B09226

#B09226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.125 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09226
RGB	rgb(176, 146, 38)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 78.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, 0.34, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 57.22, 89.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% -0.0053 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.125 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5349, 29.9296, 6.1074)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09226 #2644B0

analogous

#B04D26 #B09226 #89B026

triadic

#B09226 #26B092 #9226B0

tetradic

#B09226 #26B04D #2644B0 #B02689

square

#B09226 #26B04D #2644B0 #B02689

split-complementary

#B09226 #2689B0 #4D26B0

monochromatic

#4B3E10 #7E681B #B09226 #D5B43E #E0C870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#B09226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#B09226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B09226

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09226	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3900F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 146, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.125 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb169',
    500: '#b09226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09226;
$custom-light: #ccb169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66911,
    "c": 0.1248,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09226

secondary

#6B7FC7

accent

#65E740

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09226

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

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