#B09827#B09827

#B09827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.128 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09827
RGB	rgb(176, 152, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 77.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -2.87, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 58.43, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0144 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.128 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5005, 31.8347, 6.5099)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09827 #273FB0

analogous

#B05427 #B09827 #84B027

triadic

#B09827 #27B098 #9827B0

tetradic

#B09827 #27B054 #273FB0 #B02784

square

#B09827 #27B054 #273FB0 #B02784

split-complementary

#B09827 #2784B0 #5427B0

monochromatic

#4C4111 #7E6D1C #B09827 #D5BA40 #E0CC72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B09827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#B09827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09827

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09827	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8950E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 152, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.128 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb56b',
    500: '#b09827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09827;
$custom-light: #ccb56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68188,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09827

secondary

#6C7CC7

accent

#5EE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09827

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

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