#B09C38#B09C38

#B09C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.120 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C38
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -4.20, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 53.11, 94.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.0163 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.12 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5082, 33.2940, 8.5600)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C38 #384CB0

analogous

#B06038 #B09C38 #88B038

triadic

#B09C38 #38B09C #9C38B0

tetradic

#B09C38 #38B060 #384CB0 #B03888

square

#B09C38 #38B060 #384CB0 #B03888

split-complementary

#B09C38 #3888B0 #6038B0

monochromatic

#534A1A #827329 #B09C38 #CBB85B #D9CC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B09C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B09C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C38

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C38	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.120 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb874',
    500: '#b09c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c38;
$custom-light: #cbb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69168,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C38

secondary

#808BC4

accent

#64DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C38

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

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