#B09B37#B09B37

#B09B37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.120 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B37
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 68.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -3.72, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 53.21, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.015 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.12 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3169, 32.9501, 8.3768)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B37 #374CB0

analogous

#B05F37 #B09B37 #88B037

triadic

#B09B37 #37B09B #9B37B0

tetradic

#B09B37 #37B05F #374CB0 #B03788

square

#B09B37 #37B05F #374CB0 #B03788

split-complementary

#B09B37 #3788B0 #5F37B0

monochromatic

#53491A #817228 #B09B37 #CBB759 #DACB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B09B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B09B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B37

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B37	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)

#AA972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.120 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb873',
    500: '#b09b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b37;
$custom-light: #cbb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68946,
    "c": 0.12014,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B37

secondary

#7F8BC4

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B37

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

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