#B09D34#B09D34

#B09D34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.124 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D34
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 70.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -4.96, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 55.07, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0189 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.124 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5827, 33.5934, 8.1214)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D34 #3447B0

analogous

#B05F34 #B09D34 #85B034

triadic

#B09D34 #34B09D #9D34B0

tetradic

#B09D34 #34B05F #3447B0 #B03485

square

#B09D34 #34B05F #3447B0 #B03485

split-complementary

#B09D34 #3485B0 #5F34B0

monochromatic

#524918 #817326 #B09D34 #CDBA55 #DBCD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B09D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B09D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D34

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D34	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.124 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb972',
    500: '#b09d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d34;
$custom-light: #cbb972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 54.386,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69349,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D34

secondary

#7C87C4

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D34

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

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