#B09B26#B09B26

#B09B26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.131 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B26
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 38)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 78.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, -4.53, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 59.60, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0191 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.131 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9772, 32.8143, 6.5882)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B26 #263BB0

analogous

#B05626 #B09B26 #80B026

triadic

#B09B26 #26B09B #9B26B0

tetradic

#B09B26 #26B056 #263BB0 #B02680

square

#B09B26 #26B056 #263BB0 #B02680

split-complementary

#B09B26 #2680B0 #5626B0

monochromatic

#4B4210 #7E6F1B #B09B26 #D5BE3E #E0CF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B09B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#B09B26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B26

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B26	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)

#AB970A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.131 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb86a',
    500: '#b09b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b26;
$custom-light: #ccb86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68823,
    "c": 0.13083,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B26

secondary

#6B79C7

accent

#5AE740

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B26

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

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