#B09736#B09736

#B09736 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.118 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09736
RGB	rgb(176, 151, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 69.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, -1.62, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 52.41, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0091 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.118 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6384, 31.6313, 8.0336)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09736 #364FB0

analogous

#B05A36 #B09736 #8CB036

triadic

#B09736 #36B097 #9736B0

tetradic

#B09736 #36B05A #364FB0 #B0368C

square

#B09736 #36B05A #364FB0 #B0368C

split-complementary

#B09736 #368CB0 #5A36B0

monochromatic

#524719 #816F28 #B09736 #CCB458 #DAC986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B09736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#B09736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09736

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09736	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 151, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.118 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb572',
    500: '#b09736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09736;
$custom-light: #cbb572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68086,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09736

secondary

#7E8CC4

accent

#69DC4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09736

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

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