#B09C28#B09C28

#B09C28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.131 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C28
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 77.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, -4.98, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 59.22, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.0202 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.131 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1775, 33.1618, 6.8184)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C28 #283CB0

analogous

#B05828 #B09C28 #80B028

triadic

#B09C28 #28B09C #9C28B0

tetradic

#B09C28 #28B058 #283CB0 #B02880

square

#B09C28 #28B058 #283CB0 #B02880

split-complementary

#B09C28 #2880B0 #5828B0

monochromatic

#4C4411 #7E701D #B09C28 #D4BE41 #DFCF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B09C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B09C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C28

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C28	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)

#AC980F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.131 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb86c',
    500: '#b09c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c28;
$custom-light: #ccb86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6905,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C28

secondary

#6D7AC6

accent

#5AE642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C28

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

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