#B09D2B#B09D2B

#B09D2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D2B
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 75.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -5.39, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 58.48, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.0211 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3990, 33.5200, 7.1538)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D2B #2B3EB0

analogous

#B05B2B #B09D2B #80B02B

triadic

#B09D2B #2BB09D #9D2BB0

tetradic

#B09D2B #2BB05B #2B3EB0 #B02B80

square

#B09D2B #2BB05B #2B3EB0 #B02B80

split-complementary

#B09D2B #2B80B0 #5B2BB0

monochromatic

#4E4513 #7F711F #B09D2B #D2BE46 #DECF78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B09D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B09D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D2B

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D2B	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)

#AD9915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb96d',
    500: '#b09d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d2b;
$custom-light: #cbb96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 60.731,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69284,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D2B

secondary

#717DC6

accent

#5BE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D2B

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

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