#B09A23#B09A23

#B09A23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.132 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09A23
RGB	rgb(176, 154, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 80.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, -4.10, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 60.29, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0182 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.132 98)
XYZ	xyz(29.7650, 32.4642, 6.2882)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09A23 #2339B0

analogous

#B05423 #B09A23 #80B023

triadic

#B09A23 #23B09A #9A23B0

tetradic

#B09A23 #23B054 #2339B0 #B02380

square

#B09A23 #23B054 #2339B0 #B02380

split-complementary

#B09A23 #2380B0 #5423B0

monochromatic

#4A410F #7D6D19 #B09A23 #D8BF39 #E2CF6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B09A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#B09A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09A23

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09A23	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 154, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.132 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb769',
    500: '#b09a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09a23;
$custom-light: #ccb769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.638,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68592,
    "c": 0.13162,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.32463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09A23

secondary

#6776C8

accent

#59EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09A23

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

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