#B09531#B09531

#B09531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.120 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09531
RGB	rgb(176, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 72.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, -0.80, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 53.89, 90.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.0074 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.12 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2079, 30.9484, 7.3403)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09531 #314CB0

analogous

#B05631 #B09531 #8CB031

triadic

#B09531 #31B095 #9531B0

tetradic

#B09531 #31B056 #314CB0 #B0318C

square

#B09531 #31B056 #314CB0 #B0318C

split-complementary

#B09531 #318CB0 #5631B0

monochromatic

#504416 #806C24 #B09531 #CEB350 #DCC880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#B09531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#B09531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09531

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09531	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.120 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb36f',
    500: '#b09531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09531;
$custom-light: #cbb36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67621,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09531

secondary

#7888C5

accent

#68E048

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09531

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

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