#B09A36#B09A36

#B09A36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.120 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09A36
RGB	rgb(176, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 69.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -3.24, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 53.31, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0138 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.12 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1274, 32.6092, 8.1966)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09A36 #364CB0

analogous

#B05D36 #B09A36 #89B036

triadic

#B09A36 #36B09A #9A36B0

tetradic

#B09A36 #36B05D #364CB0 #B03689

square

#B09A36 #36B05D #364CB0 #B03689

split-complementary

#B09A36 #3689B0 #5D36B0

monochromatic

#524819 #817128 #B09A36 #CCB758 #DACB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B09A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B09A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09A36

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09A36	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)

#A99728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.120 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb773',
    500: '#b09a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09a36;
$custom-light: #cbb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68724,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09A36

secondary

#7E8BC4

accent

#66DC4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09A36

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

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