#B09B1F#B09B1F

#B09B1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.134 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B1F
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 31)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 82%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 82.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -4.77, 61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 61.76, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.0204 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.134 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8747, 32.7733, 6.0484)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B1F #1F34B0

analogous

#B0521F #B09B1F #7DB01F

triadic

#B09B1F #1FB09B #9B1FB0

tetradic

#B09B1F #1FB052 #1F34B0 #B01F7D

square

#B09B1F #1FB052 #1F34B0 #B01F7D

split-complementary

#B09B1F #1F7DB0 #521FB0

monochromatic

#483F0D #7C6D16 #B09B1F #DBC231 #E4D265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B09B1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#B09B1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B1F

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B1F	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.134 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb867',
    500: '#b09b1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b1f;
$custom-light: #ccb867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.31,
    "s": 70.048,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68786,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B1F

secondary

#6271C9

accent

#55ED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B1F

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

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