#B09E2A#B09E2A

#B09E2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.131 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E2A
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 76.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -5.97, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 59.13, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0228 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.131 100)
XYZ	xyz(30.5508, 33.8525, 7.1150)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E2A #2A3CB0

analogous

#B05B2A #B09E2A #7FB02A

triadic

#B09E2A #2AB09E #9E2AB0

tetradic

#B09E2A #2AB05B #2A3CB0 #B02A7F

square

#B09E2A #2AB05B #2A3CB0 #B02A7F

split-complementary

#B09E2A #2A7FB0 #5B2AB0

monochromatic

#4D4512 #7F721E #B09E2A #D3BF45 #DED076

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B09E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B09E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E2A

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E2A	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)

#AE9A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.131 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbba6d',
    500: '#b09e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e2a;
$custom-light: #cbba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 61.468,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69492,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.33851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E2A

secondary

#707BC6

accent

#59E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E2A

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

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