#B09523#B09523

#B09523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.128 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09523
RGB	rgb(176, 149, 35)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 80.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -1.40, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 58.97, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% -0.0106 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.128 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9569, 30.8480, 6.0188)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09523 #233EB0

analogous

#B04F23 #B09523 #85B023

triadic

#B09523 #23B095 #9523B0

tetradic

#B09523 #23B04F #233EB0 #B02385

square

#B09523 #23B04F #233EB0 #B02385

split-complementary

#B09523 #2385B0 #4F23B0

monochromatic

#4A3F0F #7D6A19 #B09523 #D8B939 #E2CB6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#B09523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#B09523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09523

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09523	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69205

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 149, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.128 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb368',
    500: '#b09523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09523;
$custom-light: #ccb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67527,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09523

secondary

#6779C8

accent

#5FEA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09523

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

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