#B09B31#B09B31

#B09B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.124 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B31
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 72.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -4.04, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 55.63, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0166 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.124 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1817, 32.8961, 7.6650)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B31 #3146B0

analogous

#B05C31 #B09B31 #86B031

triadic

#B09B31 #31B09B #9B31B0

tetradic

#B09B31 #31B05C #3146B0 #B03186

square

#B09B31 #31B05C #3146B0 #B03186

split-complementary

#B09B31 #3186B0 #5C31B0

monochromatic

#504716 #807124 #B09B31 #CEB950 #DCCC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B09B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#B09B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B31

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B31	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.124 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb870',
    500: '#b09b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b31;
$custom-light: #cbb870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.079,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68897,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B31

secondary

#7885C5

accent

#61E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B31

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

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