#B09D32#B09D32

#B09D32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.125 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D32
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 71.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -5.06, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 55.86, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0194 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.125 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5386, 33.5758, 7.8892)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D32 #3245B0

analogous

#B05E32 #B09D32 #84B032

triadic

#B09D32 #32B09D #9D32B0

tetradic

#B09D32 #32B05E #3245B0 #B03284

square

#B09D32 #32B05E #3245B0 #B03284

split-complementary

#B09D32 #3284B0 #5E32B0

monochromatic

#514817 #807224 #B09D32 #CEBB51 #DBCE81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B09D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B09D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D32

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D32	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.125 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb971',
    500: '#b09d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d32;
$custom-light: #cbb971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69333,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D32

secondary

#7985C4

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D32

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

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