#B09E23#B09E23

#B09E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E23
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 80.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -6.24, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 61.43, 95.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0242 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4363, 33.8067, 6.5119)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E23 #2335B0

analogous

#B05723 #B09E23 #7CB023

triadic

#B09E23 #23B09E #9E23B0

tetradic

#B09E23 #23B057 #2335B0 #B0237C

square

#B09E23 #23B057 #2335B0 #B0237C

split-complementary

#B09E23 #237CB0 #5723B0

monochromatic

#4A420F #7D7019 #B09E23 #D8C339 #E2D36C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B09E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B09E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E23

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E23	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccba6a',
    500: '#b09e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e23;
$custom-light: #ccba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69452,
    "c": 0.13463,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E23

secondary

#6773C8

accent

#54EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E23

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

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