#B09C33#B09C33

#B09C33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.124 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C33
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 71%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -4.47, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 55.15, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0176 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.124 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3920, 33.2475, 7.9479)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C33 #3347B0

analogous

#B05E33 #B09C33 #86B033

triadic

#B09C33 #33B09C #9C33B0

tetradic

#B09C33 #33B05E #3347B0 #B03386

square

#B09C33 #33B05E #3347B0 #B03386

split-complementary

#B09C33 #3386B0 #5E33B0

monochromatic

#514818 #817225 #B09C33 #CDBA53 #DBCD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B09C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B09C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C33

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C33	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)

#AB9823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.124 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb871',
    500: '#b09c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c33;
$custom-light: #cbb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 55.066,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69127,
    "c": 0.12374,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C33

secondary

#7B86C4

accent

#61DE49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C33

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

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