#B09C1F#B09C1F

#B09C1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C1F
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 31)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 82%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 82.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, -5.31, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 62.04, 94.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0219 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0419, 33.1075, 6.1041)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C1F #1F33B0

analogous

#B0531F #B09C1F #7BB01F

triadic

#B09C1F #1FB09C #9C1FB0

tetradic

#B09C1F #1FB053 #1F33B0 #B01F7B

square

#B09C1F #1FB053 #1F33B0 #B01F7B

split-complementary

#B09C1F #1F7BB0 #531FB0

monochromatic

#48400D #7C6E16 #B09C1F #DBC331 #E4D365

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B09C1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#B09C1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C1F

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C1F	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb868',
    500: '#b09c1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c1f;
$custom-light: #ccb868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 70.048,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69001,
    "c": 0.13494,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C1F

secondary

#6270C9

accent

#53ED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C1F

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

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