#B09B23#B09B23

#B09B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B23
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 80.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -4.64, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 60.57, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0197 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.132 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9308, 32.7957, 6.3435)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B23 #2338B0

analogous

#B05523 #B09B23 #7FB023

triadic

#B09B23 #23B09B #9B23B0

tetradic

#B09B23 #23B055 #2338B0 #B0237F

square

#B09B23 #23B055 #2338B0 #B0237F

split-complementary

#B09B23 #237FB0 #5523B0

monochromatic

#4A410F #7D6E19 #B09B23 #D8C039 #E2D06C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B09B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#B09B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B23

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B23	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9701

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.132 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb869',
    500: '#b09b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b23;
$custom-light: #ccb869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68806,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B23

secondary

#6775C8

accent

#58EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B23

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

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