#B09536#B09536

#B09536 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.117 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09536
RGB	rgb(176, 149, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 69.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -0.53, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 51.84, 90.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.006 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.117 93)
XYZ	xyz(29.3193, 30.9930, 7.9272)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09536 #3651B0

analogous

#B05836 #B09536 #8EB036

triadic

#B09536 #36B095 #9536B0

tetradic

#B09536 #36B058 #3651B0 #B0368E

square

#B09536 #36B058 #3651B0 #B0368E

split-complementary

#B09536 #368EB0 #5836B0

monochromatic

#524619 #816D28 #B09536 #CCB258 #DAC786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#B09536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#B09536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09536

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09536	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)

#A5932A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 149, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.117 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb372',
    500: '#b09536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09536;
$custom-light: #cbb372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.721,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67663,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.30991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09536

secondary

#7E8DC4

accent

#6BDC4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09536

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

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