#B09C35#B09C35

#B09C35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.122 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C35
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 69.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, -4.37, 54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 54.35, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0171 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.122 98)
XYZ	xyz(30.4370, 33.2656, 8.1852)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C35 #3549B0

analogous

#B05F35 #B09C35 #86B035

triadic

#B09C35 #35B09C #9C35B0

tetradic

#B09C35 #35B05F #3549B0 #B03586

square

#B09C35 #35B05F #3549B0 #B03586

split-complementary

#B09C35 #3586B0 #5F35B0

monochromatic

#524919 #817227 #B09C35 #CCB956 #DACC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B09C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B09C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C35

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C35	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#AB9826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.122 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb872',
    500: '#b09c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c35;
$custom-light: #cbb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69143,
    "c": 0.12235,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.33264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C35

secondary

#7D88C4

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C35

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

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