#B09923#B09923

#B09923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.131 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09923
RGB	rgb(176, 153, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 80.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, -3.56, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 60.01, 93.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0167 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.131 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6007, 32.1355, 6.2334)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09923 #233AB0

analogous

#B05323 #B09923 #81B023

triadic

#B09923 #23B099 #9923B0

tetradic

#B09923 #23B053 #233AB0 #B02381

square

#B09923 #23B053 #233AB0 #B02381

split-complementary

#B09923 #2381B0 #5323B0

monochromatic

#4A400F #7D6D19 #B09923 #D8BE39 #E2CE6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B09923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#B09923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09923

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09923	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 153, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.131 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb669',
    500: '#b09923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09923;
$custom-light: #ccb669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68378,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09923

secondary

#6777C8

accent

#5AEA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09923

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

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