#B09228#B09228

#B09228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.124 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09228
RGB	rgb(176, 146, 40)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 77.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, 0.42, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 56.52, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0049 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.124 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5680, 29.9428, 6.2819)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09228 #2846B0

analogous

#B04E28 #B09228 #8AB028

triadic

#B09228 #28B092 #9228B0

tetradic

#B09228 #28B04E #2846B0 #B0288A

square

#B09228 #28B04E #2846B0 #B0288A

split-complementary

#B09228 #288AB0 #4E28B0

monochromatic

#4C3F11 #7E691D #B09228 #D4B441 #DFC773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#B09228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#B09228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B09228

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09228	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)

#A39014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 146, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.124 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb16a',
    500: '#b09228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09228;
$custom-light: #ccb16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66924,
    "c": 0.12371,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09228

secondary

#6D81C6

accent

#66E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09228

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

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