#B09831#B09831

#B09831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.122 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09831
RGB	rgb(176, 152, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 72.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -2.42, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 54.74, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.012 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.122 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6886, 31.9099, 7.5006)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09831 #3149B0

analogous

#B05931 #B09831 #89B031

triadic

#B09831 #31B098 #9831B0

tetradic

#B09831 #31B059 #3149B0 #B03189

square

#B09831 #31B059 #3149B0 #B03189

split-complementary

#B09831 #3189B0 #5931B0

monochromatic

#504516 #806F24 #B09831 #CEB650 #DCCA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B09831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#B09831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09831

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09831	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 152, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.122 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb670',
    500: '#b09831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09831;
$custom-light: #cbb670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68257,
    "c": 0.12209,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09831

secondary

#7887C5

accent

#65E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09831

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

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