#B09C24#B09C24

#B09C24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.133 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C24
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 36)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 79.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -5.14, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 60.54, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.021 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.133 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1129, 33.1359, 6.4785)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C24 #2438B0

analogous

#B05624 #B09C24 #7EB024

triadic

#B09C24 #24B09C #9C24B0

tetradic

#B09C24 #24B056 #2438B0 #B0247E

square

#B09C24 #24B056 #2438B0 #B0247E

split-complementary

#B09C24 #247EB0 #5624B0

monochromatic

#4A420F #7D6F1A #B09C24 #D7C03A #E1D16D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B09C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B09C24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C24

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C24	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)

#AC9803

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.133 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb86a',
    500: '#b09c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c24;
$custom-light: #ccb86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69027,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C24

secondary

#6876C8

accent

#57E93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C24

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

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