#B09B35#B09B35

#B09B35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.122 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B35
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 69.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -3.83, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 54.03, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.0156 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.122 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2699, 32.9313, 8.1294)
Luminance	0.3293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B35 #354AB0

analogous

#B05D35 #B09B35 #88B035

triadic

#B09B35 #35B09B #9B35B0

tetradic

#B09B35 #35B05D #354AB0 #B03588

square

#B09B35 #35B05D #354AB0 #B03588

split-complementary

#B09B35 #3588B0 #5D35B0

monochromatic

#524819 #817227 #B09B35 #CCB856 #DACC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B09B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B09B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B35

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B35	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.122 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb872',
    500: '#b09b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b35;
$custom-light: #cbb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68929,
    "c": 0.12157,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B35

secondary

#7D89C4

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B35

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

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