#B09A25#B09A25

#B09A25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.131 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09A25
RGB	rgb(176, 154, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 79%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, -4.03, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 59.65, 93.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0178 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.131 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7956, 32.4765, 6.4491)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09A25 #253BB0

analogous

#B05525 #B09A25 #80B025

triadic

#B09A25 #25B09A #9A25B0

tetradic

#B09A25 #25B055 #253BB0 #B02580

square

#B09A25 #25B055 #253BB0 #B02580

split-complementary

#B09A25 #2580B0 #5525B0

monochromatic

#4B4210 #7D6E1A #B09A25 #D6BE3C #E1CF6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B09A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#B09A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09A25

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09A25	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)

#AA9607

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 154, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.131 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb76a',
    500: '#b09a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09a25;
$custom-light: #ccb76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 65.258,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68603,
    "c": 0.13061,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09A25

secondary

#6A78C7

accent

#5AE840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09A25

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

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