#B09D27#B09D27

#B09D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D27
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 77.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -5.56, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 59.85, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.022 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3292, 33.4920, 6.7861)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D27 #273AB0

analogous

#B05927 #B09D27 #7FB027

triadic

#B09D27 #27B09D #9D27B0

tetradic

#B09D27 #27B059 #273AB0 #B0277F

square

#B09D27 #27B059 #273AB0 #B0277F

split-complementary

#B09D27 #277FB0 #5927B0

monochromatic

#4C4411 #7E701C #B09D27 #D5C040 #E0D072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B09D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B09D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D27

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D27	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD990B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb96b',
    500: '#b09d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d27;
$custom-light: #ccb96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69259,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D27

secondary

#6C79C7

accent

#58E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D27

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

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