#B09C31#B09C31

#B09C31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.125 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C31
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 72.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, -4.58, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 55.94, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.0182 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.125 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3488, 33.2303, 7.7207)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C31 #3145B0

analogous

#B05D31 #B09C31 #85B031

triadic

#B09C31 #31B09C #9C31B0

tetradic

#B09C31 #31B05D #3145B0 #B03185

square

#B09C31 #31B05D #3145B0 #B03185

split-complementary

#B09C31 #3185B0 #5D31B0

monochromatic

#504716 #807224 #B09C31 #CEBA50 #DCCD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B09C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B09C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C31

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C31	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.125 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb870',
    500: '#b09c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c31;
$custom-light: #cbb870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69111,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C31

secondary

#7884C5

accent

#60E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C31

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

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