#B09838#B09838

#B09838 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.117 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09838
RGB	rgb(176, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -2.04, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 51.86, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.0101 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.117 95)
XYZ	xyz(29.8480, 31.9737, 8.3400)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09838 #3850B0

analogous

#B05C38 #B09838 #8CB038

triadic

#B09838 #38B098 #9838B0

tetradic

#B09838 #38B05C #3850B0 #B0388C

square

#B09838 #38B05C #3850B0 #B0388C

split-complementary

#B09838 #388CB0 #5C38B0

monochromatic

#53481A #827029 #B09838 #CBB45B #D9C989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B09838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#B09838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09838

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09838	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)

#A7952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.117 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb674',
    500: '#b09838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09838;
$custom-light: #cbb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68316,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.31972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09838

secondary

#808EC4

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09838

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

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