#B09D36#B09D36

#B09D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.122 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D36
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 69.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -4.85, 54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 54.26, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0184 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.122 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6287, 33.6119, 8.3637)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D36 #3649B0

analogous

#B06036 #B09D36 #86B036

triadic

#B09D36 #36B09D #9D36B0

tetradic

#B09D36 #36B060 #3649B0 #B03686

square

#B09D36 #36B060 #3649B0 #B03686

split-complementary

#B09D36 #3686B0 #6036B0

monochromatic

#524919 #817328 #B09D36 #CCBA58 #DACD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B09D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B09D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D36

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D36	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)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.122 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb973',
    500: '#b09d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d36;
$custom-light: #cbb973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69365,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D36

secondary

#7E89C4

accent

#62DC4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D36

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

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