#B09D28#B09D28

#B09D28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D28
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 40)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 77.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -5.52, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 59.52, 95.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0217 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3460, 33.4987, 6.8746)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D28 #283BB0

analogous

#B05928 #B09D28 #7FB028

triadic

#B09D28 #28B09D #9D28B0

tetradic

#B09D28 #28B059 #283BB0 #B0287F

square

#B09D28 #28B059 #283BB0 #B0287F

split-complementary

#B09D28 #287FB0 #5928B0

monochromatic

#4C4411 #7E711D #B09D28 #D4BF41 #DFD073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B09D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B09D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D28

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D28	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)

#AD990E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb96c',
    500: '#b09d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d28;
$custom-light: #ccb96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69265,
    "c": 0.13127,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D28

secondary

#6D7AC6

accent

#59E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D28

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

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