#B09526#B09526

#B09526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.127 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09526
RGB	rgb(176, 149, 38)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 78.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, -1.29, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 57.97, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.01 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.127 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0034, 30.8666, 6.2635)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09526 #2641B0

analogous

#B05026 #B09526 #86B026

triadic

#B09526 #26B095 #9526B0

tetradic

#B09526 #26B050 #2641B0 #B02686

square

#B09526 #26B050 #2641B0 #B02686

split-complementary

#B09526 #2686B0 #5026B0

monochromatic

#4B4010 #7E6A1B #B09526 #D5B83E #E0CA70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#B09526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#B09526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09526

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09526	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)

#A5920E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 149, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.127 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb36a',
    500: '#b09526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09526;
$custom-light: #ccb36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67545,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09526

secondary

#6B7DC7

accent

#61E740

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09526

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

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