#B09738#B09738

#B09738 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.116 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09738
RGB	rgb(176, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, -1.50, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 51.57, 91.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0086 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.116 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6864, 31.6504, 8.2861)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09738 #3851B0

analogous

#B05B38 #B09738 #8DB038

triadic

#B09738 #38B097 #9738B0

tetradic

#B09738 #38B05B #3851B0 #B0388D

square

#B09738 #38B05B #3851B0 #B0388D

split-complementary

#B09738 #388DB0 #5B38B0

monochromatic

#53471A #826F29 #B09738 #CBB35B #D9C989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B09738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#B09738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09738

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09738	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)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.116 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb574',
    500: '#b09738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09738;
$custom-light: #cbb574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68104,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09738

secondary

#808EC4

accent

#6ADB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09738

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

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