#B09D35#B09D35

#B09D35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.123 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D35
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 69.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -4.90, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 54.66, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0186 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.123 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6055, 33.6026, 8.2413)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D35 #3548B0

analogous

#B06035 #B09D35 #85B035

triadic

#B09D35 #35B09D #9D35B0

tetradic

#B09D35 #35B060 #3548B0 #B03585

square

#B09D35 #35B060 #3548B0 #B03585

split-complementary

#B09D35 #3585B0 #6035B0

monochromatic

#524919 #817327 #B09D35 #CCBA56 #DACD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B09D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B09D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D35

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D35	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)

#AC9926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.123 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb972',
    500: '#b09d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d35;
$custom-light: #cbb972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69357,
    "c": 0.12314,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D35

secondary

#7D88C4

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D35

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

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