#B09638#B09638

#B09638 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.116 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09638
RGB	rgb(176, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -0.96, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 51.27, 91.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.007 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.116 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5261, 31.3299, 8.2327)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09638 #3852B0

analogous

#B05A38 #B09638 #8EB038

triadic

#B09638 #38B096 #9638B0

tetradic

#B09638 #38B05A #3852B0 #B0388E

square

#B09638 #38B05A #3852B0 #B0388E

split-complementary

#B09638 #388EB0 #5A38B0

monochromatic

#53471A #826E29 #B09638 #CBB25B #D9C889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B09638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#B09638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09638

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09638	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.116 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb474',
    500: '#b09638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09638;
$custom-light: #cbb474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67892,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09638

secondary

#808FC4

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09638

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

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