#B09836#B09836

#B09836 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.119 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09836
RGB	rgb(176, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 69.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -2.16, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 52.71, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.0107 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.119 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8001, 31.9545, 8.0875)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09836 #364EB0

analogous

#B05B36 #B09836 #8BB036

triadic

#B09836 #36B098 #9836B0

tetradic

#B09836 #36B05B #364EB0 #B0368B

square

#B09836 #36B05B #364EB0 #B0368B

split-complementary

#B09836 #368BB0 #5B36B0

monochromatic

#524719 #817028 #B09836 #CCB558 #DACA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B09836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#B09836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09836

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09836	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.119 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb673',
    500: '#b09836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09836;
$custom-light: #cbb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68298,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09836

secondary

#7E8CC4

accent

#68DC4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09836

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

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