#B09535#B09535

#B09535 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.117 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09535
RGB	rgb(176, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 69.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -0.59, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 52.26, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.0063 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.117 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2961, 30.9837, 7.8048)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09535 #3550B0

analogous

#B05735 #B09535 #8EB035

triadic

#B09535 #35B095 #9535B0

tetradic

#B09535 #35B057 #3550B0 #B0358E

square

#B09535 #35B057 #3550B0 #B0358E

split-complementary

#B09535 #358EB0 #5735B0

monochromatic

#524519 #816D27 #B09535 #CCB256 #DAC885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#B09535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#B09535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09535

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09535	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.117 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb372',
    500: '#b09535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09535;
$custom-light: #cbb372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67654,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09535

secondary

#7D8CC4

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09535

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

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