#B09B27#B09B27

#B09B27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.130 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B27
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 77.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -4.49, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 59.27, 94.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0189 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.13 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9936, 32.8208, 6.6743)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B27 #273CB0

analogous

#B05727 #B09B27 #81B027

triadic

#B09B27 #27B09B #9B27B0

tetradic

#B09B27 #27B057 #273CB0 #B02781

square

#B09B27 #27B057 #273CB0 #B02781

split-complementary

#B09B27 #2781B0 #5727B0

monochromatic

#4C4311 #7E6F1C #B09B27 #D5BE40 #E0CF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B09B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#B09B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B27

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B27	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)

#AB970D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.130 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb86b',
    500: '#b09b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b27;
$custom-light: #ccb86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68829,
    "c": 0.1303,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B27

secondary

#6C7AC7

accent

#5AE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B27

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

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