#B09538#B09538

#B09538 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.115 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09538
RGB	rgb(176, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -0.42, 50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 50.99, 90.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% -0.0055 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.115 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3672, 31.0122, 8.1797)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09538 #3853B0

analogous

#B05938 #B09538 #8FB038

triadic

#B09538 #38B095 #9538B0

tetradic

#B09538 #38B059 #3853B0 #B0388F

square

#B09538 #38B059 #3853B0 #B0388F

split-complementary

#B09538 #388FB0 #5938B0

monochromatic

#53461A #826E29 #B09538 #CBB15B #D9C789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#B09538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#B09538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09538

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09538	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)

#A5932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.115 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb373',
    500: '#b09538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09538;
$custom-light: #cbb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67681,
    "c": 0.11507,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09538

secondary

#808FC4

accent

#6DDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09538

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

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