#B09823#B09823

#B09823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.130 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09823
RGB	rgb(176, 152, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 80.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, -3.02, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 59.75, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0152 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.13 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4377, 31.8096, 6.1791)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09823 #233BB0

analogous

#B05223 #B09823 #82B023

triadic

#B09823 #23B098 #9823B0

tetradic

#B09823 #23B052 #233BB0 #B02382

square

#B09823 #23B052 #233BB0 #B02382

split-complementary

#B09823 #2382B0 #5223B0

monochromatic

#4A400F #7D6C19 #B09823 #D8BD39 #E2CE6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B09823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#B09823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09823

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09823	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 152, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.130 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb569',
    500: '#b09823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09823;
$custom-light: #ccb569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68165,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09823

secondary

#6777C8

accent

#5BEA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09823

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

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