#B09436#B09436

#B09436 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.116 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09436
RGB	rgb(176, 148, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 69.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, 0.01, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 51.56, 89.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% -0.0045 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.116 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1618, 30.6779, 7.8747)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09436 #3652B0

analogous

#B05736 #B09436 #8FB036

triadic

#B09436 #36B094 #9436B0

tetradic

#B09436 #36B057 #3652B0 #B0368F

square

#B09436 #36B057 #3652B0 #B0368F

split-complementary

#B09436 #368FB0 #5736B0

monochromatic

#524519 #816D28 #B09436 #CCB158 #DAC786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#B09436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#B09436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09436

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09436	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 148, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.116 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb372',
    500: '#b09436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09436;
$custom-light: #cbb372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67452,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09436

secondary

#7E8EC4

accent

#6DDC4B

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09436

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

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