#B09B38#B09B38

#B09B38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.119 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B38
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, -3.66, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 52.79, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.0148 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.119 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3411, 32.9598, 8.5043)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B38 #384DB0

analogous

#B05F38 #B09B38 #89B038

triadic

#B09B38 #38B09B #9B38B0

tetradic

#B09B38 #38B05F #384DB0 #B03889

square

#B09B38 #38B05F #384DB0 #B03889

split-complementary

#B09B38 #3889B0 #5F38B0

monochromatic

#53491A #827229 #B09B38 #CBB75B #D9CB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B09B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B09B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B38

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B38	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)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.119 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb874',
    500: '#b09b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b38;
$custom-light: #cbb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68954,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B38

secondary

#808CC4

accent

#66DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B38

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

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