#B09524#B09524

#B09524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; 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	#B09524
RGB	rgb(176, 149, 36)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 79.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -1.36, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 58.64, 91.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% -0.0104 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.128 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9720, 30.8541, 6.0982)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09524 #243FB0

analogous

#B04F24 #B09524 #85B024

triadic

#B09524 #24B095 #9524B0

tetradic

#B09524 #24B04F #243FB0 #B02485

square

#B09524 #24B04F #243FB0 #B02485

split-complementary

#B09524 #2485B0 #4F24B0

monochromatic

#4A3F0F #7D6A1A #B09524 #D7B93A #E1CB6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#B09524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#B09524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09524

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09524	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)

#A69208

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 149, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.128 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb369',
    500: '#b09524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09524;
$custom-light: #ccb369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67533,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09524

secondary

#687BC8

accent

#60E93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09524

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

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