#B09931#B09931

#B09931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.123 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09931
RGB	rgb(176, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 72.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, -2.96, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 55.03, 93.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0136 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.123 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8516, 32.2359, 7.5549)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09931 #3148B0

analogous

#B05A31 #B09931 #88B031

triadic

#B09931 #31B099 #9931B0

tetradic

#B09931 #31B05A #3148B0 #B03188

square

#B09931 #31B05A #3148B0 #B03188

split-complementary

#B09931 #3188B0 #5A31B0

monochromatic

#504616 #806F24 #B09931 #CEB750 #DCCB80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B09931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#B09931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09931

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09931	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.123 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb670',
    500: '#b09931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09931;
$custom-light: #cbb670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6847,
    "c": 0.12281,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09931

secondary

#7886C5

accent

#64E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09931

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

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