#B09438#B09438

#B09438 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.114 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09438
RGB	rgb(176, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, 0.13, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 50.71, 89.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0039 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.114 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2097, 30.6971, 8.1272)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09438 #3854B0

analogous

#B05838 #B09438 #90B038

triadic

#B09438 #38B094 #9438B0

tetradic

#B09438 #38B058 #3854B0 #B03890

square

#B09438 #38B058 #3854B0 #B03890

split-complementary

#B09438 #3890B0 #5838B0

monochromatic

#53461A #826D29 #B09438 #CBB15B #D9C789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#B09438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#B09438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09438

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09438	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)

#A4922C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.114 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb373',
    500: '#b09438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09438;
$custom-light: #cbb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6747,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09438

secondary

#8090C4

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09438

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

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