#B09C2B#B09C2B

#B09C2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.129 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C2B
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 75.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -4.86, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 58.18, 94.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0196 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.129 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2305, 33.1830, 7.0977)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C2B #2B3FB0

analogous

#B0592B #B09C2B #82B02B

triadic

#B09C2B #2BB09C #9C2BB0

tetradic

#B09C2B #2BB059 #2B3FB0 #B02B82

square

#B09C2B #2BB059 #2B3FB0 #B02B82

split-complementary

#B09C2B #2B82B0 #592BB0

monochromatic

#4E4513 #7F701F #B09C2B #D2BD46 #DECE78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B09C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#B09C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C2B

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C2B	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.129 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb86d',
    500: '#b09c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c2b;
$custom-light: #cbb86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 60.731,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69069,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C2B

secondary

#717EC6

accent

#5CE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C2B

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

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