#B09C23#B09C23

#B09C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C23
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 80.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -5.17, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 60.85, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.0212 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0979, 33.1299, 6.3992)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C23 #2337B0

analogous

#B05523 #B09C23 #7EB023

triadic

#B09C23 #23B09C #9C23B0

tetradic

#B09C23 #23B055 #2337B0 #B0237E

square

#B09C23 #23B055 #2337B0 #B0237E

split-complementary

#B09C23 #237EB0 #5523B0

monochromatic

#4A420F #7D6F19 #B09C23 #D8C139 #E2D16C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B09C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B09C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C23

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C23	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb869',
    500: '#b09c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c23;
$custom-light: #ccb869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69021,
    "c": 0.1331,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C23

secondary

#6775C8

accent

#56EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C23

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

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