#B09C25#B09C25

#B09C25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C25
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 79%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -5.10, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 60.22, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0208 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1284, 33.1421, 6.5600)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C25 #2539B0

analogous

#B05725 #B09C25 #7FB025

triadic

#B09C25 #25B09C #9C25B0

tetradic

#B09C25 #25B057 #2539B0 #B0257F

square

#B09C25 #25B057 #2539B0 #B0257F

split-complementary

#B09C25 #257FB0 #5725B0

monochromatic

#4B4210 #7D6F1A #B09C25 #D6C03C #E1D06F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B09C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B09C25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C25

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C25	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)

#AC9806

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb86a',
    500: '#b09c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c25;
$custom-light: #ccb86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 65.258,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69032,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C25

secondary

#6A77C7

accent

#58E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C25

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

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