#B09936#B09936

#B09936 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.119 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09936
RGB	rgb(176, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 69.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -2.70, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 53.01, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0122 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.119 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9630, 32.2805, 8.1418)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09936 #364DB0

analogous

#B05C36 #B09936 #8AB036

triadic

#B09936 #36B099 #9936B0

tetradic

#B09936 #36B05C #364DB0 #B0368A

square

#B09936 #36B05C #364DB0 #B0368A

split-complementary

#B09936 #368AB0 #5C36B0

monochromatic

#524819 #817028 #B09936 #CCB658 #DACA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B09936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#B09936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09936

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09936	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.119 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb673',
    500: '#b09936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09936;
$custom-light: #cbb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68511,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09936

secondary

#7E8BC4

accent

#67DC4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09936

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

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