#B09D37#B09D37

#B09D37 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	#B09D37
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 68.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, -4.79, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 53.85, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.0181 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.122 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6525, 33.6213, 8.4887)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D37 #374AB0

analogous

#B06137 #B09D37 #86B037

triadic

#B09D37 #37B09D #9D37B0

tetradic

#B09D37 #37B061 #374AB0 #B03786

square

#B09D37 #37B061 #374AB0 #B03786

split-complementary

#B09D37 #3786B0 #6137B0

monochromatic

#534A1A #817328 #B09D37 #CBB959 #DACD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B09D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B09D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D37

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D37	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)

#AC9929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.122 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb974',
    500: '#b09d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d37;
$custom-light: #cbb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.579,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69374,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D37

secondary

#7F8AC4

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D37

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

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