#B09D38#B09D38

#B09D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.121 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09D38
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -4.74, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 53.43, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0178 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.121 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6767, 33.6310, 8.6162)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09D38 #384BB0

analogous

#B06138 #B09D38 #87B038

triadic

#B09D38 #38B09D #9D38B0

tetradic

#B09D38 #38B061 #384BB0 #B03887

square

#B09D38 #38B061 #384BB0 #B03887

split-complementary

#B09D38 #3887B0 #6138B0

monochromatic

#534A1A #827429 #B09D38 #CBB95B #D9CD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B09D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#B09D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09D38

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09D38	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.121 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb974',
    500: '#b09d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09d38;
$custom-light: #cbb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69382,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09D38

secondary

#808BC4

accent

#63DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09D38

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

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