#B09927#B09927

#B09927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.129 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09927
RGB	rgb(176, 153, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 77.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, -3.41, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 58.70, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.0159 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.129 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6635, 32.1606, 6.5642)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09927 #273EB0

analogous

#B05527 #B09927 #83B027

triadic

#B09927 #27B099 #9927B0

tetradic

#B09927 #27B055 #273EB0 #B02783

square

#B09927 #27B055 #273EB0 #B02783

split-complementary

#B09927 #2783B0 #5527B0

monochromatic

#4C4211 #7E6D1C #B09927 #D5BC40 #E0CD72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B09927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#B09927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09927

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09927	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)

#A9950E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 153, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.129 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb66b',
    500: '#b09927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09927;
$custom-light: #ccb66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68401,
    "c": 0.12884,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09927

secondary

#6C7BC7

accent

#5DE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09927

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

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