#B09C2A#B09C2A

#B09C2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C2A
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 76.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -4.90, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 58.53, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0198 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2124, 33.1757, 7.0022)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C2A #2A3EB0

analogous

#B0592A #B09C2A #81B02A

triadic

#B09C2A #2AB09C #9C2AB0

tetradic

#B09C2A #2AB059 #2A3EB0 #B02A81

square

#B09C2A #2AB059 #2A3EB0 #B02A81

split-complementary

#B09C2A #2A81B0 #592AB0

monochromatic

#4D4412 #7F701E #B09C2A #D3BD45 #DECF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B09C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B09C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C2A

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C2A	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)

#AC9813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb86d',
    500: '#b09c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c2a;
$custom-light: #cbb86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 61.468,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69062,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C2A

secondary

#707DC6

accent

#5BE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C2A

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

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