#B09238#B09238

#B09238 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.113 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09238
RGB	rgb(176, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, 1.22, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 50.16, 88.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% -0.0007 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.113 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8987, 30.0751, 8.0235)
Luminance	0.3007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09238 #3856B0

analogous

#B05638 #B09238 #92B038

triadic

#B09238 #38B092 #9238B0

tetradic

#B09238 #38B056 #3856B0 #B03892

square

#B09238 #38B056 #3856B0 #B03892

split-complementary

#B09238 #3892B0 #5638B0

monochromatic

#53451A #826B29 #B09238 #CBAF5B #D9C589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#B09238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#B09238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09238

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09238	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	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)

#A2902D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.113 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb173',
    500: '#b09238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09238;
$custom-light: #cbb173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67051,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09238

secondary

#8091C4

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09238

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

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