#B09235#B09235

#B09235 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.115 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09235
RGB	rgb(176, 146, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 69.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, 1.05, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 51.44, 88.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% -0.0016 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.115 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8275, 30.0466, 7.6487)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09235 #3553B0

analogous

#B05535 #B09235 #90B035

triadic

#B09235 #35B092 #9235B0

tetradic

#B09235 #35B055 #3553B0 #B03590

square

#B09235 #35B055 #3553B0 #B03590

split-complementary

#B09235 #3590B0 #5535B0

monochromatic

#524419 #816B27 #B09235 #CCAF56 #DAC685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#B09235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#B09235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09235

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09235	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 146, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.115 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb171',
    500: '#b09235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09235;
$custom-light: #cbb171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67023,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09235

secondary

#7D8EC4

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09235

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

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