#B09E27#B09E27

#B09E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E27
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 77.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -6.09, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 60.15, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0235 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4991, 33.8318, 6.8428)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E27 #2739B0

analogous

#B05A27 #B09E27 #7DB027

triadic

#B09E27 #27B09E #9E27B0

tetradic

#B09E27 #27B05A #2739B0 #B0277D

square

#B09E27 #27B05A #2739B0 #B0277D

split-complementary

#B09E27 #277DB0 #5A27B0

monochromatic

#4C4411 #7E711C #B09E27 #D5C140 #E0D172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B09E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B09E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E27

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E27	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE990B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccba6b',
    500: '#b09e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e27;
$custom-light: #ccba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69474,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E27

secondary

#6C78C7

accent

#57E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E27

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

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