#B09236#B09236

#B09236 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.115 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09236
RGB	rgb(176, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 69.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, 1.10, 51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 51.02, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% -0.0013 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.115 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8508, 30.0559, 7.7711)
Luminance	0.3005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09236 #3654B0

analogous

#B05536 #B09236 #91B036

triadic

#B09236 #36B092 #9236B0

tetradic

#B09236 #36B055 #3654B0 #B03691

square

#B09236 #36B055 #3654B0 #B03691

split-complementary

#B09236 #3691B0 #5536B0

monochromatic

#524419 #816B28 #B09236 #CCAF58 #DAC586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#B09236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#B09236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09236

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09236	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)

#A2902A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.115 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb172',
    500: '#b09236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09236;
$custom-light: #cbb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67032,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09236

secondary

#7E8FC4

accent

#6FDC4B

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09236

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

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