#B09C27#B09C27

#B09C27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C27
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 77.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, -5.02, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 59.56, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0204 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(30.1607, 33.1550, 6.7300)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C27 #273BB0

analogous

#B05827 #B09C27 #80B027

triadic

#B09C27 #27B09C #9C27B0

tetradic

#B09C27 #27B058 #273BB0 #B02780

square

#B09C27 #27B058 #273BB0 #B02780

split-complementary

#B09C27 #2780B0 #5827B0

monochromatic

#4C4311 #7E701C #B09C27 #D5BF40 #E0D072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B09C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B09C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C27

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C27	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)

#AC980C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb86b',
    500: '#b09c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c27;
$custom-light: #ccb86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69044,
    "c": 0.13106,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.33154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C27

secondary

#6C79C7

accent

#59E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C27

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

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