#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
RGBrgb(176, 146, 56)
HSLhsl(45, 52%, 45%)
HSVhsv(45, 68%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LABlab(61.72, 1.22, 50.15)
CIE-LCHlch(61.72, 50.16, 88.61°)
OKLaboklab(67.05% -0.0007 0.1132)
OKLCHoklch(67.05% 0.113 90.4)
XYZxyz(28.8987, 30.0751, 8.0235)
Luminance0.3007 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B092381.002.997.017.01
#FFFFFF2.991.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0121.001.001.00
##0000007.0121.001.001.00

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

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#B09238 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva