#B09A35#B09A35

#B09A35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.121 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09A35
RGB	rgb(176, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 69.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -3.29, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 53.72, 93.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.014 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.121 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1042, 32.5999, 8.0742)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09A35 #354BB0

analogous

#B05C35 #B09A35 #89B035

triadic

#B09A35 #35B09A #9A35B0

tetradic

#B09A35 #35B05C #354BB0 #B03589

square

#B09A35 #35B05C #354BB0 #B03589

split-complementary

#B09A35 #3589B0 #5C35B0

monochromatic

#524819 #817127 #B09A35 #CCB756 #DACB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B09A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B09A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09A35

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09A35	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.121 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb772',
    500: '#b09a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09a35;
$custom-light: #cbb772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68715,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09A35

secondary

#7D8AC4

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09A35

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

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