#B09B33#B09B33

#B09B33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.123 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B33
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 71%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, -3.94, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 54.84, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0161 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.123 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2248, 32.9133, 7.8922)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B33 #3348B0

analogous

#B05D33 #B09B33 #87B033

triadic

#B09B33 #33B09B #9B33B0

tetradic

#B09B33 #33B05D #3348B0 #B03387

square

#B09B33 #33B05D #3348B0 #B03387

split-complementary

#B09B33 #3387B0 #5D33B0

monochromatic

#514718 #817125 #B09B33 #CDB953 #DBCC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B09B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#B09B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B33

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B33	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)

#AA9724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.123 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb871',
    500: '#b09b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b33;
$custom-light: #cbb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 55.066,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68913,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B33

secondary

#7B87C4

accent

#62DE49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B33

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

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