#B09B2A#B09B2A

#B09B2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.129 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B2A
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 76.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -4.36, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 58.23, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0183 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.129 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0453, 32.8415, 6.9465)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B2A #2A3FB0

analogous

#B0582A #B09B2A #82B02A

triadic

#B09B2A #2AB09B #9B2AB0

tetradic

#B09B2A #2AB058 #2A3FB0 #B02A82

square

#B09B2A #2AB058 #2A3FB0 #B02A82

split-complementary

#B09B2A #2A82B0 #582AB0

monochromatic

#4D4412 #7F6F1E #B09B2A #D3BC45 #DECE76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B09B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#B09B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B2A

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B2A	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	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)

#AB9714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.129 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb86c',
    500: '#b09b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b2a;
$custom-light: #cbb86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 61.468,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68848,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B2A

secondary

#707DC6

accent

#5DE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B2A

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

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