#B09A27#B09A27
#B09A27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.130 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B09A27 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(176, 154, 39) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 64%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 78%, 69%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 77.8%, 31%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.75, -3.95, 58.85) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.75, 58.98, 93.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.62% -0.0174 0.1284) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.62% 0.13 97.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.8279, 32.4894, 6.6190) |
| Luminance | 0.3249 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 2.36
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 3.52
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 3.59
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 3.60
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 4.22
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 4.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B09A27 #273DB0
analogous
#B05627 #B09A27 #82B027
triadic
#B09A27 #27B09A #9A27B0
tetradic
#B09A27 #27B056 #273DB0 #B02782
square
#B09A27 #27B056 #273DB0 #B02782
split-complementary
#B09A27 #2782B0 #5627B0
monochromatic
#4C4211 #7E6E1C #B09A27 #D5BD40 #E0CE72
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.80
#B09A27 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.50
#B09A27 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B09A27
7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B09A27 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B09A27 | 1.00 | 2.80 | 7.50 | 7.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.80 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AA960D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E2F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BE8E84
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b09a27; /* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 154, 39); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.130 97.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ccb76b',
500: '#b09a27',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b09a27; $custom-light: #ccb76b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b09a27",
"rgb": {
"r": 176,
"g": 154,
"b": 39
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.365,
"s": 63.721,
"l": 42.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68615,
"c": 0.12957,
"h": 97.7
},
"luminance": 0.32488
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B09A27
secondary
#6C7BC7
accent
#5CE741
background
#FDFBF6
surface
#FAF6EC
border
#D3D0C7
text
#141107
muted
#83807A