#B09227#B09227

#B09227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.124 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09227
RGB	rgb(176, 146, 39)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 77.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, 0.38, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 56.88, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0051 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.124 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5512, 29.9361, 6.1935)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09227 #2745B0

analogous

#B04D27 #B09227 #8AB027

triadic

#B09227 #27B092 #9227B0

tetradic

#B09227 #27B04D #2745B0 #B0278A

square

#B09227 #27B04D #2745B0 #B0278A

split-complementary

#B09227 #278AB0 #4D27B0

monochromatic

#4C3F11 #7E681C #B09227 #D5B440 #E0C872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#B09227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#B09227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B09227

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09227	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)

#A39012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 146, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.124 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb16a',
    500: '#b09227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09227;
$custom-light: #ccb16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.861,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66918,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09227

secondary

#6C80C7

accent

#65E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09227

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

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