#B09231#B09231

#B09231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.118 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09231
RGB	rgb(176, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 72.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, 0.84, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 53.09, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% -0.0027 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.118 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7393, 30.0113, 7.1842)
Luminance	0.3001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09231 #314FB0

analogous

#B05331 #B09231 #8FB031

triadic

#B09231 #31B092 #9231B0

tetradic

#B09231 #31B053 #314FB0 #B0318F

square

#B09231 #31B053 #314FB0 #B0318F

split-complementary

#B09231 #318FB0 #5331B0

monochromatic

#504316 #806A24 #B09231 #CEB050 #DCC680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#B09231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#B09231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09231

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09231	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.118 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb16f',
    500: '#b09231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09231;
$custom-light: #cbb16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6699,
    "c": 0.11815,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09231

secondary

#788AC5

accent

#6CE048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EC

border

#D3CFC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09231

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

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