#B09E2B#B09E2B

#B09E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.130 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E2B
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 75.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -5.92, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 58.78, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0226 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.13 100)
XYZ	xyz(30.5689, 33.8597, 7.2104)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E2B #2B3DB0

analogous

#B05C2B #B09E2B #7FB02B

triadic

#B09E2B #2BB09E #9E2BB0

tetradic

#B09E2B #2BB05C #2B3DB0 #B02B7F

square

#B09E2B #2BB05C #2B3DB0 #B02B7F

split-complementary

#B09E2B #2B7FB0 #5C2BB0

monochromatic

#4E4613 #7F721F #B09E2B #D2BF46 #DED078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B09E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B09E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E2B

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E2B	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)

#AE9A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.130 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbba6d',
    500: '#b09e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e2b;
$custom-light: #cbba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 60.731,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69499,
    "c": 0.13038,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.33858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E2B

secondary

#717DC6

accent

#5AE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E2B

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

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