#B09B24#B09B24

#B09B24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.132 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B24
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 36)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 79.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -4.60, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 60.25, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0195 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.132 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9458, 32.8017, 6.4228)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B24 #2439B0

analogous

#B05524 #B09B24 #7FB024

triadic

#B09B24 #24B09B #9B24B0

tetradic

#B09B24 #24B055 #2439B0 #B0247F

square

#B09B24 #24B055 #2439B0 #B0247F

split-complementary

#B09B24 #247FB0 #5524B0

monochromatic

#4A420F #7D6E1A #B09B24 #D7BF3A #E1D06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B09B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#B09B24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B24

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B24	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)

#AB9704

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.132 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb86a',
    500: '#b09b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b24;
$custom-light: #ccb86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68812,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B24

secondary

#6877C8

accent

#58E93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B24

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

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