#B09B2B#B09B2B

#B09B2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.128 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B2B
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 75.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, -4.32, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 57.88, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0181 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.128 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0634, 32.8488, 7.0420)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B2B #2B40B0

analogous

#B0582B #B09B2B #83B02B

triadic

#B09B2B #2BB09B #9B2BB0

tetradic

#B09B2B #2BB058 #2B40B0 #B02B83

square

#B09B2B #2BB058 #2B40B0 #B02B83

split-complementary

#B09B2B #2B83B0 #582BB0

monochromatic

#4E4413 #7F701F #B09B2B #D2BC46 #DECE78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B09B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#B09B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B2B

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B2B	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)

#AB9716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.128 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb86d',
    500: '#b09b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b2b;
$custom-light: #cbb86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 60.731,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68854,
    "c": 0.12805,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B2B

secondary

#717EC6

accent

#5DE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B2B

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

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