#B09A28#B09A28

#B09A28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.129 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09A28
RGB	rgb(176, 154, 40)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 77.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -3.91, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 58.64, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0172 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.129 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8446, 32.4961, 6.7074)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09A28 #283EB0

analogous

#B05628 #B09A28 #82B028

triadic

#B09A28 #28B09A #9A28B0

tetradic

#B09A28 #28B056 #283EB0 #B02882

square

#B09A28 #28B056 #283EB0 #B02882

split-complementary

#B09A28 #2882B0 #5628B0

monochromatic

#4C4311 #7E6E1D #B09A28 #D4BC41 #DFCE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B09A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#B09A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09A28

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09A28	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)

#AA9610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 154, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.129 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb76b',
    500: '#b09a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09a28;
$custom-light: #ccb76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68621,
    "c": 0.12901,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09A28

secondary

#6D7CC6

accent

#5CE642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09A28

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

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