#B09537#B09537

#B09537 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.116 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09537
RGB	rgb(176, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 68.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, -0.48, 51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 51.41, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0057 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.116 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3430, 31.0025, 8.0522)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09537 #3752B0

analogous

#B05937 #B09537 #8EB037

triadic

#B09537 #37B095 #9537B0

tetradic

#B09537 #37B059 #3752B0 #B0378E

square

#B09537 #37B059 #3752B0 #B0378E

split-complementary

#B09537 #378EB0 #5937B0

monochromatic

#53461A #816E28 #B09537 #CBB259 #DAC788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#B09537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#B09537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09537

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09537	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)

#A5932B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.116 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb373',
    500: '#b09537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09537;
$custom-light: #cbb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.612,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67672,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09537

secondary

#7F8EC4

accent

#6CDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09537

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

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