#B09B25#B09B25

#B09B25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B25
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 79%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, -4.56, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 59.93, 94.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0193 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9613, 32.8079, 6.5043)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B25 #253AB0

analogous

#B05625 #B09B25 #80B025

triadic

#B09B25 #25B09B #9B25B0

tetradic

#B09B25 #25B056 #253AB0 #B02580

square

#B09B25 #25B056 #253AB0 #B02580

split-complementary

#B09B25 #2580B0 #5625B0

monochromatic

#4B4210 #7D6E1A #B09B25 #D6BF3C #E1CF6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B09B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#B09B25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B25

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B25	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)

#AB9707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb86a',
    500: '#b09b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b25;
$custom-light: #ccb86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 65.258,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68817,
    "c": 0.13135,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B25

secondary

#6A78C7

accent

#59E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B25

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

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