#B09B28#B09B28

#B09B28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.130 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B28
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 77.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -4.45, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 58.93, 94.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.0187 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.13 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0104, 32.8275, 6.7627)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B28 #283DB0

analogous

#B05728 #B09B28 #81B028

triadic

#B09B28 #28B09B #9B28B0

tetradic

#B09B28 #28B057 #283DB0 #B02881

square

#B09B28 #28B057 #283DB0 #B02881

split-complementary

#B09B28 #2881B0 #5728B0

monochromatic

#4C4311 #7E6F1D #B09B28 #D4BD41 #DFCF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B09B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#B09B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B28

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B28	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB970F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.130 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb86b',
    500: '#b09b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b28;
$custom-light: #ccb86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.735,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68835,
    "c": 0.12976,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B28

secondary

#6D7BC6

accent

#5BE642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B28

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

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